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Do implicit motives and basic psychological needs interact to predict well-being and flow? Testing a universal hypothesis and a matching hypothesis

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Longitudinal Pathways From Math Intrinsic Motivation and Achievement to Math Course Accomplishments and Educational Attainment

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Comparing the effects of low-level and high-level worker need-satisfaction: A synthesis of the self-determination and Maslow need theories

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Parenting dimensions and internalizing difficulties in Italian and U.S. emerging adults: the intervening role of autonomy and relatedness

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Is Bad News Always Bad?: Cue and Feedback Effects on Intrinsic Motivation

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Corticostriatal Circuits Encode the Subjective Value of Perceived Control

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Learning by Thinking: How Reflection Aids Performance

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The role of competence-related attentional bias and resilience in restoring thwarted feelings of competence

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Private Speech and Motivation: The Role of Language in a Sociocultural Account of Motivational Processes

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Do extrinsic goals affect romantic relationships? The role of basic psychological need satisfaction

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Auxiliaries to abusive supervisors: The spillover effects of peer mistreatment on employee performance

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How depletion operates in an integrative theory of self-control

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Neuropsychologically Informed Strategic Psychotherapy in Teenagers and Adults with ADHD

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