Self-Determination Theory Model: 10 Evidence-Based Coaching Practices
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Practices that may help
- Self-Determination Theory, Made Usable
Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan) holds that durable motivation depends on three basic psychological needs being met: autonomy (acting from your own values), competence (feeling effective), and relatedness (feeling connected). Meet the needs and motivation becomes self-sustaining; thwart them and even rewarded behavior decays. The core claims are among the best-supported in motivation science. - Use autonomy-supportive self-talk
Coach yourself with choice and rationale, not "shoulds" and self-pressure.
Self-Determination Theory, Made Usable - Locate the autonomous "why"
Reframe a task until you are doing it from your own values, not external pressure.
Self-Determination Theory, Made Usable - Meet the relatedness need
Connect the work to people — support, shared purpose, or being seen.
Self-Determination Theory, Made Usable - Learn from observing others who are similar to you
Watch people like you succeed at the behavior — their success provides evidence that you can too.
Social Cognitive Theory - Develop your own compass for decisions
Build a personal value system that guides decisions independently of social approval.
Kegan’s Subject-Object Theory, Made Practical - Social Cognitive Theory
Albert Bandura’s social cognitive theory holds that behavior is shaped by the interplay of personal factors, environmental influences, and behavior itself — a model called reciprocal determinism. Its most practically important contribution is self-efficacy: the belief that you can execute a specific behavior in a specific context. Self-efficacy is one of the most consistently supported predictors of behavior change outcomes across health, work, and learning domains. - Build agency thinking through small wins
Agency — the belief you can move toward the goal — is rebuilt by doing, not by deciding.
Hope Theory: Agency, Pathways, and Getting Unstuck - Use vicarious mastery to lower the threat estimate
Before attempting something difficult, watch someone similar to you succeed at it — not an expert, but a peer.
Mastery Experiences - Internalize goals you did not choose
Move externally set goals along the spectrum from "have to" toward "value".
Self-Determination Theory, Made Usable
Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- The more I order myself around
- Everything on my plate is something I "have to" do for someone else, and approaching it that way I feel coerced and flat
- I chase everything completely alone, telling no one and treating asking for support as weakness
- Part of me is convinced someone like me
- I keep deferring to what other people think is right and then feel hollow about decisions that were never really mine
Related concerns
- Explain Self Determination Theory
Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan) holds that durable motivation depends on three basic psychological needs being met: autonomy (acting from your own values), competence (feeling effective), and relatedness (feeling connected). Meet the needs and motivation becomes self-sustaining; thwart them and even rewarded behavior decays. The core claims are among the best-supported in motivation science.
- Self Determination Theory Learning
Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan) holds that durable motivation depends on three basic psychological needs being met: autonomy (acting from your own values), competence (feeling effective), and relatedness (feeling connected). Meet the needs and motivation becomes self-sustaining; thwart them and even rewarded behavior decays. The core claims are among the best-supported in motivation science.
- Self Determination Theory Made Usable When Starting Out
Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan) holds that durable motivation depends on three basic psychological needs being met: autonomy (acting from your own values), competence (feeling effective), and relatedness (feeling connected). Meet the needs and motivation becomes self-sustaining; thwart them and even rewarded behavior decays. The core claims are among the best-supported in motivation science.
- Self Determination Theory Psychology Definition
Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan) holds that durable motivation depends on three basic psychological needs being met: autonomy (acting from your own values), competence (feeling effective), and relatedness (feeling connected). Meet the needs and motivation becomes self-sustaining; thwart them and even rewarded behavior decays. The core claims are among the best-supported in motivation science.
- Self Determination Theory Social Work
Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan) holds that durable motivation depends on three basic psychological needs being met: autonomy (acting from your own values), competence (feeling effective), and relatedness (feeling connected). Meet the needs and motivation becomes self-sustaining; thwart them and even rewarded behavior decays. The core claims are among the best-supported in motivation science.
- Theory Of Self Determination
Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan) holds that durable motivation depends on three basic psychological needs being met: autonomy (acting from your own values), competence (feeling effective), and relatedness (feeling connected). Meet the needs and motivation becomes self-sustaining; thwart them and even rewarded behavior decays. The core claims are among the best-supported in motivation science.
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