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The Effects Of Intrinsic And Extrinsic Sources Of Motivation On Well-Being Depend On Time Of Day: The Moderating Effects Of Workday Accumulation, Alison Benedetti, James Diefendorff, Allison Gabriel, Megan Chandler
The Effects Of Intrinsic And Extrinsic Sources Of Motivation On Well-Being Depend On Time Of Day: The Moderating Effects Of Workday Accumulation, Alison Benedetti, James Diefendorff, Allison Gabriel, Megan Chandler
James M. Diefendorff
Using self-determination theory and research on temporal aspects of work (e.g., time of day), this study investigates dynamic effects of task-specific motivation on well-being throughout the workday. We argue that the effects of task-specific intrinsic and extrinsic motivations on well-being outcomes (psychological vitality, job satisfaction) depend on the time of day in which the task is encountered, referred to here as workday accumulation. Our results showed that time of day interacted with intrinsic sources of motivation to predict job satisfaction, such that the relation was strong and positive early in the day and weak and positive later in the day. …
The Narrative Reconstruction Of Psychotherapy, Jonathan Adler, Dan Mcadams
The Narrative Reconstruction Of Psychotherapy, Jonathan Adler, Dan Mcadams
Jonathan M. Adler
Going to psychotherapy represents an atypical, usually unanticipated, and often emotionally significant experience in the life course. As with many such events, people construct stories about therapy experiences in order to make sense out of them and to provide their lives with a sense of unity and purpose. Yet beyond these purposes, the storying of psychotherapy is also central to the maintenance of the therapeutic gains achieved during the course of treatment (e.g., Frank, 1961; Spence, 1982). In the present study, the psychotherapy stories of 76 community adults are assessed using grounded theory methodology to determine narrative patterns that distinguish …