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The relative effects of actual and experienced autonomy on motivation in nursing home residents
Author(s)	Brian P O'Connor, Robert J Vallerand
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 13, no 4, Winter 1994
Pages	pp 528-538
Keywords	Rights [elderly] ; Attitude ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Theory ; Canada.
Annotation	Why do people engage in daily activities in old age? Deci and Ryan's self-determination theory of 1985 has recently been applied to the motivation behind daily activities in old age (Valelrand and O'Connor, 1989). The theory distinguishes between different forms of motivation or reasons for engaging in behaviours, and specifies the factors that supposedly influence motivation. In the present study, the authors measured motivational styles among 129 residents from 11 nursing homes. Both actual opportunities for autonomy and experienced autonomy were associated with motivational styles. Furthermore, the effects of the objective environment on motivation were mediated by perceptions of the environment. The results provide suggestive support for a causal sequence that has proved difficult to establish in previous research. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-970821244 A
Classmark	IKR: DP: KX: LHB: 4D: 7S
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