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Positive Illusions: Brad Pitt or Danny DeVito?

... or, on the other hand, the desire for greater autonomy , distancing ourselves from our partner. So, how can we then know ... / more

Positive Psychology and the Importance of Close Relationships in TV Sitcoms: That 70s Show, Entourage, and How I Met Your Mother

... needs:  relatedness ,  competence , and  autonomy . Relatedness refers to the state of being connected to others ... refers to the state of being effective and capable, and autonomy refers to feeling in control over actions and outcomes. ... / more

Culture and Health Psychology: Insights from a Socio-Cultural Perspective

... self-defining attributes which serve to fulfil personal autonomy and self-expression ( Hofstede , 1980;  Kim & Sherman , 2007;  ... / more

The Anatomy of Love

... wash of bellyaching.   2 Actually they call it “autonomy” rather than “authenticity.” Sadly this often confuses people who think autonomy means “doing any stupid thing I want whenever I want, no matter ... / more

Creativity is More Than a Trait: It’s a Relation

... impulsivity, ambition, nonconformity, flexibility and autonomy ( Feist , 1999). Openness to experience is one of five major ... / more

Everyone is biased

... on the fact that people low in RWA value individual autonomy and freedom of choice (Altemeyer, 1996). Thus, for them, it ... schools for voluntary prayer would satisfy the individual autonomy values of people low in RWA while simultaneously satisfying the ... / more

Smartphones: A threat to well-being?

... employees not only more flexibility but also a sense of autonomy that our grandparents could only have dreamed off. On first ... / more

Time to unwind: When autonomy and motivation add weight to recovery

... relaxing activities alleviated fatigue but worsen it when autonomy was low. In other words, breaks are only effective unless you can ... and after work - as long as you feel that you have the autonomy and intrinsic motivation to do so.  References : ... / more

Cooperation in social dilemmas: How can psychology help to meet climate change goals?

... Costs include restriction of freedom, undermining of autonomy , lowering of well-being, and increasing inequality or injustice. A ... / more

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, reviewed by Andrew Archer

... is completely privatized and isolated, and she loses all autonomy. The narrator imagines the avant-garde artist declaring, “ We’re ... / more