Intrinsic Motivation During Adulthood: A Further Evaluation of the Integrative Theory of Intrinsic Motivation

IF 1.8 3区 心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL Journal of Adult Development Pub Date : 2024-06-21 DOI:10.1007/s10804-024-09487-6
Alan S. Waterman, Seth J. Schwartz
{"title":"Intrinsic Motivation During Adulthood: A Further Evaluation of the Integrative Theory of Intrinsic Motivation","authors":"Alan S. Waterman, Seth J. Schwartz","doi":"10.1007/s10804-024-09487-6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>A set of hypotheses derived from the integrative theory of intrinsic motivation was evaluated with a sample of 607 adults. Three adult age groups were compared with respect to two sets of variables associated with intrinsic motivation. One set of measures pertained to four predictive characteristics of intrinsic motivation: self-determination, developing competence in the form of a balance of challenges and skills, self-realization values, and engaged performance in the form of effort. The second set related to four subjective experiences associated with intrinsic motivation: interest, flow experiences, feelings of personal expressiveness, and hedonic enjoyment. A brief version of the Personally Expressive Activities Questionnaire was used to assess these variables. Significant positive associations were found for inter-relationships among the predictive characteristics, among the subjective experience variables, and between the predictive characteristics and the subjective experiences. Further, there was a cumulative impact of the predictive characteristics for their relationships with each of the subjective experiences of intrinsic motivation. These relationships held for each of the three age groups, with minimal evidence of differences in the strength of the relationships by age group. This indicates that adults, across these age groups, experience intrinsic motivation when the predictor variables are present at high levels. The findings here are compared with earlier research conducted with emerging adult college student samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":51546,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Adult Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Adult Development","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-024-09487-6","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

A set of hypotheses derived from the integrative theory of intrinsic motivation was evaluated with a sample of 607 adults. Three adult age groups were compared with respect to two sets of variables associated with intrinsic motivation. One set of measures pertained to four predictive characteristics of intrinsic motivation: self-determination, developing competence in the form of a balance of challenges and skills, self-realization values, and engaged performance in the form of effort. The second set related to four subjective experiences associated with intrinsic motivation: interest, flow experiences, feelings of personal expressiveness, and hedonic enjoyment. A brief version of the Personally Expressive Activities Questionnaire was used to assess these variables. Significant positive associations were found for inter-relationships among the predictive characteristics, among the subjective experience variables, and between the predictive characteristics and the subjective experiences. Further, there was a cumulative impact of the predictive characteristics for their relationships with each of the subjective experiences of intrinsic motivation. These relationships held for each of the three age groups, with minimal evidence of differences in the strength of the relationships by age group. This indicates that adults, across these age groups, experience intrinsic motivation when the predictor variables are present at high levels. The findings here are compared with earlier research conducted with emerging adult college student samples.

查看原文
分享 分享
微信好友 朋友圈 QQ好友 复制链接
本刊更多论文
成年期的内在动机:对内在动机综合理论的进一步评估
通过对 607 名成年人进行抽样调查,对从内在动机综合理论中得出的一系列假设进行了评估。比较了三个年龄组与内在动机相关的两组变量。一组测量涉及内在动机的四个预测特征:自我决定、以挑战和技能平衡的形式发展能力、自我实现的价值观以及以努力的形式参与表现。第二组涉及与内在动机相关的四种主观体验:兴趣、流动体验、个人表现力感受和享乐享受。个人表现性活动问卷的简短版本被用来评估这些变量。结果发现,预测特征之间、主观体验变量之间以及预测特征与主观体验之间的相互关系均呈显著的正相关。此外,预测特征与内在动机的每种主观体验之间的关系也有累积影响。这些关系在三个年龄组中的每一个年龄组中都存在,而且不同年龄组之间的关系强度差异极小。这表明,当预测变量达到较高水平时,这些年龄组的成年人都会体验到内在动机。本文的研究结果与早先对新兴成人大学生样本进行的研究结果进行了比较。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 去求助
来源期刊
Journal of Adult Development
Journal of Adult Development PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-
CiteScore
3.90
自引率
4.50%
发文量
43
期刊介绍: The Journal of Adult Development is an interdisciplinary journal covering development in early adulthood, midlife, and later adulthood. The Journal supports innovative theoretical and empirical articles that help direct the future of our field. Critical issues include the importance of life-long education, work and family changes, and physical and mental health influencing adult development. In addition, the impact of personality, emotions, cognition, and biomarkers are areas of interest. The Journal of Adult Development emphasizes the importance of interindividual differences and contextual issues influencing adult development. Interventions that promote optimal development throughout the adult life span are also welcome.
期刊最新文献
Parenting in Overdrive: A Meta-analysis of Helicopter Parenting Across Multiple Indices of Emerging Adult Functioning Development in Gerotranscendence in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan: A Longitudinal Study Over a Nine-Year Period Racial Differences in Coping as a Mediating Pathway from Childhood Adversity to Adult Health The Independent Associations of Attachment Representations to Parents and Depressive Symptoms with Friendships and Romantic Relationships in Young Adults Grandpa and Grandma Told Me So: The Mediating Role of Empathy on the Relationship Between Grandparental Involvement and Adult Grandchildren’s Prosocial Tendencies
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
现在去查看 取消
×
提示
确定
0
微信
客服QQ
Book学术公众号 扫码关注我们
反馈
×
意见反馈
请填写您的意见或建议
请填写您的手机或邮箱
已复制链接
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
×
扫码分享
扫码分享
Book学术官方微信
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术
文献互助 智能选刊 最新文献 互助须知 联系我们:info@booksci.cn
Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。
Copyright © 2023 Book学术 All rights reserved.
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号 京ICP备2023020795号-1