Overview
- This volume provides: A theoretical and conceptual account of the nature and psychological mechanisms of personal motivational autonomy and human agency Rich multidisciplinary empirical evidence supporting the claims and propositions about the nature of human autonomy and capacities for self-regulation Explanations of how and why different psychological and socio-cultural conditions may play a role in promoting or undermining people's autonomous motivation and well-being
Part of the book series: Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology (CAPP, volume 1)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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A Theoretical Context of Human Autonomy, People’s Well-Being, and Happiness
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Human Autonomy Across Cultures and Domains of Life: Health, Education, Interpersonal Relationships, and Work
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Human autonomy across cultures and domains of life: health, education, interpersonal relationships, and work
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Human Autonomy in Modern Economy, Democracy Development, and Sustainability
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Human autonomy in modern economy, democracy development, and sustainability
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About this book
This volume presents the reader with a stimulating tapestry of essays exploring the nature of personal autonomy, self-determination, and agency, and their role in human optimal functioning at multiple levels of analysis from personal to societal and cross-cultural. The starting point for these explorations is self-determination theory, an integrated theory of human motivation and healthy development which has been under development for more than three decades (Deci & Ryan, 2000). As the contributions will make clear, psychological autonomy is a concept that forms the bridge between the dependence of human behavior on biological and socio-cultural determinants on the one side, and people’s ability to be free, reflective, and transforming agents who can challenge these dependencies, on the other. The authors within this volume share a vision that human autonomy is a fundamental pre-condition for both individuals and groups to thrive, and that without understanding the nature and mechanisms of autonomous agency vital social and human problems cannot be satisfactory addressed.
This multidisciplinary team of researchers will collectively explore the nature of personal autonomy, considering its developmental origins, its expression within relationships, its importance within groups and organizational functioning, and its role in promoting to the democratic and economic development of societies. The book is aimed toward developmental, social, personality, and cross-cultural psychologists, towards researchers and practitioners’ in the areas of education, health and medicine, social work and, economics, and also towards all interested in creating a more sustainable and just world society through promoting individual freedom and agency.
This volume will provide
- a theoretical and conceptual account of the nature and psychological mechanisms of personal motivational autonomy and human agency;
- richmultidisciplinary empirical evidence supporting the claims and propositions about the nature of human autonomy and capacities for self-regulation;
- explanations of how and why different psychological and socio-cultural conditions may play a role in promoting or undermining people’s autonomous motivation and well-being,
- discussions of how the promotion of human autonomy can positively influence environmental protection, democracy promotion and economic prosperity.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Valery Chirkov received his Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of Rochester, Rochester NY. He is an associate professor in Culture and Human Development and Applied Social Psychology programs in the Department of Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. His research interests concern the application of self-determination theory of human motivation in cross-cultural research, psychology of immigration and acculturation, culture and well-being.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Human Autonomy in Cross-Cultural Context
Book Subtitle: Perspectives on the Psychology of Agency, Freedom, and Well-Being
Editors: Valery I. Chirkov, Richard M. Ryan, Kennon M. Sheldon
Series Title: Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9667-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-9666-1Published: 09 December 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3453-1Published: 27 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-9667-8Published: 02 December 2010
Series ISSN: 2210-5417
Series E-ISSN: 2210-5425
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 286
Topics: Positive Psychology, Quality of Life Research, Cross Cultural Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Health Psychology