1985/09/01 by Robert W Plant, Robert W. Plant, Richard M. Ryan +1 · 498 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Autonomy #Behavioral Health and Interventions #Cognition #Consciousness #Context (archaeology) #Deci- #Id, ego and super-ego #Interpersonal communication #Intrapersonal communication #Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research #Psychology #Self-awareness #Self-consciousness #Self-determination theory #Social and Intergroup Psychology #Social psychology
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1985.tb00375.x
published in Journal of Personality 53(3), 435-449 (Wiley)
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Abstract This study explored the relationships among dispositional self‐consciousness, situationally induced‐states of self‐awareness, ego‐involvement, and intrinsic motivation Cognitive evaluation theory, as applied to both the interpersonal and intrapersonal spheres, was used as the basis for making predictions about the effects of various types of self‐focus Public self‐consciousness, social anxiety, video surveillance and mirror manipulations of self‐awareness, and induced ego‐involvement were predicted and found to have negative effects on intrinsic motivation since all were hypothesized to involve controlling forms of regulation In contrast, dispositional private self‐consciousness and a no‐self‐focus condition were both found to be unrelated to intrinsic motivation The relationship among these constructs and manipulations was discussed in the context of both Carver and Scheier's (1981) control theory and Deci and Ryan's (1985) motivation theory