AUTHOR=Paumier Delphine , Chanal Julien 

TITLE=The antecedents and consequences of autonomous and controlled motivation: Domain specificity and motivational sequence at the situational level

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.987582

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.987582

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The aim of this study was to investigate the level of specificity of the different regulation types described by Self-Determination Theory, and to evaluate its impact on the links with its antecedents and consequences, in an academic context. In line with the school-subject-specificity hypothesis, we postulated that autonomous motivation regulations (AM regulations) would be more specific to the situational level than controlled motivation regulations (CM regulations). Moreover, we hypothesized that AM regulations would be, at this level, more strongly associated with its antecedents and consequences than CM regulations. Three hundred fourteen university students were asked to complete online questionnaires assessing their motivation, motivational antecedents (i.e., autonomy-supportive climate and self-concept) and consequences (i.e., emotions and grades) in various courses. As expected, results from structural equation modeling confirmed that AM regulations were more specific to the situational level than CM regulations. Moreover, a higher number of significant correlations were found between motivation and its antecedents and consequences in the corresponding course for AM than for CM regulations. Educational implications and directions for future research are discussed.