The Near-Death Experience and Self-Determination Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628518 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert A King (0000-0002-6867-3346, The NDE OBE Research Project, Casa Grande, AZ, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1738-1753 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00302228221126561 |
| PMID | 36112814 |
| OpenAlex | W4296163911 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
When people experience a near-death or life-threatening incident, they sometimes report an altered state of consciousness in which they have the perception of being out of or away from their physical body. During such an experience these individuals at times have the impression of encountering a spiritual personage who offers them a choice to stay or return to their physical life and/or attempts to motivate them to willingly do so, sometimes conflicting with a simultaneous desire to stay in that altered state of consciousness they perceive as the afterlife. This paper discusses how self-determination theory (SDT) is relevant to this process by meeting the experient's three basic psychological needs for relatedness, competence, and autonomy, resulting in various degrees of effectiveness. It concludes with a postulation that by doing so it may foster a continuing intrinsic motivation to live life well, resulting in a greater overall condition of psychological wellbeing
Afterlife · Altered state · Autonomy · Competence (human resources · Consciousness · Epistemology · Perception · Political science · Self-consciousness · Self-determination theory · Biofield Effects and Biophysics · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest
The Near-Death Experience Content (NDE-C) scale
Setting limits on children's behavior
The handbook of near-death experiences
The Human Experience of Death or, What Can We Learn from Near-Death Experiences
Burn Survivors’ Near-Death Experiences
Near-Death Experiences With Reports of Meeting Deceased People
Visual memories of living loved ones during life-threatening incidents
Making Sense of Near-Death Experience Research
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |