Amotivation

Lack of drive to participate in social activities or goal oriented behavior.
National Institutes of Health

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1985-2017
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Effort, anhedonia, and function in schizophrenia: reduced effort allocation predicts amotivation and functional impairment.
One of the most debilitating aspects of schizophrenia is an apparent interest in or ability to exert effort for rewards. Such… (More)
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2013
2013
Amotivation and functional outcomes in early schizophrenia.
Negative symptoms, particularly amotivation/apathy, are intimately tied to functional outcomes. In the present study, apathy… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Self-Determination Theory : A Macrotheory of Human Motivation , Development , and Health Edward
Self-determination theory (SDT) is an empirically based theory of human motivation, development, and wellness. The theory focuses… (More)
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2008
2008
Anhedonia and amotivation in psychiatric outpatients with fully remitted stimulant use disorder.
This study evaluated whether psychiatric outpatients with a past stimulant use disorder in full remission for >/= 2 months (STIM… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Validating the theoretical structure of the Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ) across three different health behaviors.
Nearly 40% of mortality in the United States is linked to social and behavioral factors such as smoking, diet and sedentary… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
A Modification to the Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire to Include an Assessment of Amotivation
Drawing on self-determination theory, Mullan, Markland, and Ingledew (1997) developed the Behavioural Regulation in Exercise… (More)
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2004
2004
An Idiographic Analysis of Amotivation in Compulsory School Physical Education
The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth account of amotivation in compulsory school physical education by examining… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
On the Assessment of Situational Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation : The Situational Motivation Scale ( SIMS ) 1
The purpose of the present research was to develop and validate a situational (or state) measure of motivation, the Situational… (More)
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
A self-determination approach to the understanding of motivation in physical education.
BACKGROUND It is widely acknowledged that Physical Education (PE) can play a potentially important role in enhancing public… (More)
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1997
1997
Client Motivation for Therapy Scale: a measure of intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and amotivation for therapy.
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a new measure of client motivation for therapy, the… (More)
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