The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation

Edited by Richard M. Ryan

Oxford Library of Psychology

Includes state-of-the-art research on implicit and explicit motives
Includes applications of motivation theories written by experts in therapy, work/organizational psychology, physical activity, and education
Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series

The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation

Edited by Richard M. Ryan

Description

Motivation is that which moves us to action. Human motivation is thus a complex issue, as people are moved to action by both their evolved natures and by myriad familial, social and cultural influences. The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation collects the top theorists and researchers of human motivation into a single volume, capturing the current state-of-the-art in this fast developing field. The book includes theoretical overviews from some of the best-known thinkers in this area, including chapters on Social Learning Theory, Control Theory, Self-determination theory, Terror Management theory, and the Promotion and Prevention perspective. Topical chapters appear on phenomena such as ego-depletion, flow, curiosity, implicit motives, and personal interests. A section specifically highlights goal research, including chapters on goal regulation, achievement goals, the dynamics of choice, unconscious goals and process versus outcome focus. Still other chapters focus on evolutionary and biological underpinnings of motivation, including chapters on cardiovascular dynamics, mood, and neuropsychology. Finally, chapters bring motivation down to earth in reviewing its impact within relationships, and in applied areas such as psychotherapy, work, education, sport, and physical activity. By providing reviews of the most advanced work by the very best scholars in this field, The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation represents an invaluable resource for both researchers and practitioners, as well as any student of human nature.

The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation

Edited by Richard M. Ryan

Oxford Library of Psychology

Part One: Introduction
1. Motivation and the Organization of Human Behavior: Three Reasons for the Reemergence of a Field
Richard M. Ryan
Part Two: General Theories of Human Motivation
2. Social Cognitive Theory and Motivation
Dale H. Schunk and Ellen L. Usher
3. Cybernetic Control Processes and the Self-Regulation of Behavior
Charles S. Carver and Michael F. Scheier
4. The Role of Death in Life: Existential Aspects of Human Motivation
Pelin Kesebir and Thomas Pyszczynski
5. Too Much of a Good Thing? Trade-offs in Promotion and Prevention Focus
Abigail A. Scholer and E. Tory Higgins
6. Motivation, Personality, and Development within Embedded Social Contexts: An Overview of Self-Determination Theory
Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan
Part Three: Motivational Processes
7. Ego-Depletion: Theory and Evidence
Mark Muraven
8. Flow
Susan A. Jackson
9. Implicit-Explicit Motivation Congruence
Todd M. Thrash, Laura A. Maruskin, and Chris C. Martin
10. Curiosity and Motivation
Paul J. Silvia
11. Interest and Its Development
K. Ann Renninger and Stephanie Su
Part Four: Goals and Motivation
12. Achievement Goals
Kou Murayama, Andrew J. Elliot, and Ron Friedman
13. Goal Pursuit
Peter M. Gollwitzer and Gabriele Oettingen
14. Unconscious Goal Pursuit: Non-Conscious Goal Regulation and Motivation
Henk Aarts and Ruud Custers
15. The Motivational Complexity of Choosing: A Review of Theory and Research
Erika A. Patall
16. On Gains and Losses, Means and Ends: Goal Orientation and Goal Focus across Adulthood
Alexandra M. Freund, Marie Hennecke, and Maida Mustafi
Part Five: Motivation in Relationships
17. Self-Enhancement and Self-Protection Motives
Constantine Sedikides and Mark D. Alicke
18. The Gendered Body Project: Motivational Components of Objectification Theory
Tomi-Ann Roberts and Patricia L. Waters
19. Relatedness between Children and Parents: Implications for Motivation
Eva M. Pomerantz, Cecilia Sin Sze Cheung, and Lili Qin
20. Avoiding the Pitfalls and Approaching the Promises of Close Relationships
Shelly L. Gable and Thery Prok
Part Six: Evolutionary and Biological Perspectives
21. Neuroscience and Human Motivation
Johnmarshall Reeve and Woogul Lee
22. Evolved Individual Differences in Human Motivation
Larry C. Bernard
23. Moods of Energy and Tension that Motivate
Robert E. Thayer
24. Effort Intensity: Some Insights from the Cardiovascular System
Guido H. E. Gendolla, Rex A. Wright, and Michael Richter
Part Seven: Motivation in Application
25. Motivation in Psychotherapy
Martin Gross Holtforth and Johannes Michalak
26. Motivation in Education
Allan Wigfield, Jenna Cambria, and Jacquelynne S. Eccles
27. Advances in Motivation in Exercise and Physical Activity
Martin S. Hagger
28. Work Motivation: Directing, Energizing, and Maintaining Effort (and Research)
Adam M. Grant and Jihae Shin
29. Youth Motivation and Participation in Sport and Physical Activity
Maureen Weiss, Anthony J. Ambrose, and Lindsay E. Kipp
30. Through a Fly's Eye: Multiple Yet Overlapping Perspectives on Future Directions for Human Motivation Research
Richard M. Ryan and Nicole Legate

The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation

Edited by Richard M. Ryan

Oxford Library of Psychology

Author Information

Edited by Richard M. Ryan, Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Education, University of Rochester

Richard M. Ryan, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Education, University of Rochester.

Contributors:

Henk Aarts
Department of Social and Organizational Psychology
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Mark D. Alicke
Department of Psychology
Ohio University
Athens, OH

Anthony J. Amorose
School of Kinesiology and Recreation
Illinois State University
Normal, IL

Larry C. Bernard
Psychology Department
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA

Jenna Cambria
Department of Human Development
University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Charles S. Carver
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

Cecilia Sin-Sze Cheung
Department of Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Ruud Custers
Department of Social and Organizational Psychology
Utrecht University
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Edward L. Deci
Department of Psychology
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Jacquelynne S. Eccles
Department of Psychology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Andrew J. Elliot
Department of Clinical & Social Sciences in Psychology
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Alexandra M. Freund
Department of Psychology
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

Ron Friedman
Department of Clinical & Social Sciences in Psychology
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Shelly L. Gable
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

Guido H.E. Gendolla
Department of Psychology
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

Peter M. Gollwitzer
Department of Psychology
New York University
New York, NY

Adam M. Grant
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Martin S. Hagger
School of Psychology
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, UK

Marie Hennecke
Department of Psychology
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

E. Tory Higgins
Department of Psychology
Columbia University
New York, NY

Martin Grosse Holtforth
Department of Psychology
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

Susan A. Jackson
Body Mind and Flow
Australia

Pelin Kesebir
Psychology Department
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO

Lindsay E. Kipp
School of Kinesiology
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Woogul Lee
Department of Psychology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Nicole Legate
Department of Psychology
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Chris C. Martin
Department of Psychology
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA

Laura A. Maruskin
Department of Psychology
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Johannes Michalak
Department of Psychology
Ruhr-University
Bochum, Germany

Mark Muraven
Department of Psychology
University at Albany
Albany, NY

Kou Murayama
Department of Psychology
University of Munich
Munich, Germany

Maida Mustafi
Department of Psychology
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

Gabriele Oettingen
Department of Psychology
New York University
New York, NY

Erika A. Patall
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Duke University
Durham, NC

Eva M. Pomerantz
Department of Psychology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Thery Prok
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA

Tom Pyszczynski
Psychology Department
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO

Lili Qin
Department of Psychology
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL

Johnmarshall Reeve
Department of Education
Korea University
Seoul, South Korea

K. Ann Renninger
Department of Educational Studies
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA

Michael Richter
Motivation Lab
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

Tomi-Ann Roberts
Department of Psychology
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO

Richard M. Ryan
Department of Psychology
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Michael F. Scheier
Department of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

Abigail A. Scholer
Department of Psychology
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA

Dale H. Schunk
School of Education
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Greensboro, NC

Constantine Sedikides
School of Psychology
University of Southampton
Southhampton, UK

Jihae Shin
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Paul J. Silvia
Department of Psychology
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC

Stephanie Su
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA

Robert E. Thayer
Department of Psychology
California State University
Long Beach, CA

Todd M. Thrash
Department of Psychology
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, VA

Ellen L. Usher
Department of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Patricia L. Waters
Department of Psychology
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO

Maureen R. Weiss
School of Kinesiology
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Minnesota, MN

Allan Wigfield
Department of Human Development
University of Maryland
College Park, MD

Rex A. Wright
Department of Psychology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL