@article{ref1,
title="Do some people need autonomy more than others? Implicit dispositions towards autonomy moderate the effects of felt autonomy on well-being",
journal="Journal of personality",
year="2014",
author="Schüler, Julia and Sheldon, Kennon M. and Prentice, Mike and Halusic, Marc",
volume="84",
number="1",
pages="5-20",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The present studies examined whether implicit or explicit autonomy dispositions moderate the relationship between felt autonomy and well-being. <br><br>METHOD: Study 1 (N = 187 undergraduate students) presents an initial test of the moderator hypothesis by predicting flow experience from the interaction of autonomy need-satisfaction and autonomy dispositions. Study 2 (N = 127 physically inactive persons) used vignettes involving an autonomy (un)supportive coach to test a moderated mediation model in which perceived coach autonomy-support leads to well-being through basic need satisfaction. Again, the effects of need satisfaction on well-being were hypothesized to be moderated by an implicit autonomy disposition. <br><br>RESULTS: Study 1 showed that individuals with a strong implicit autonomy (but not power or achievement) motive disposition derived more flow experience from felt autonomy than individuals with a weak implicit autonomy disposition. Study 2 revealed that perceived autonomy-support from sport coaches which we experimentally induced with a vignette method, leads to autonomy-satisfaction, which in turn has positive effects on well-being. This indirect effect held at high and average but not low implicit autonomy disposition. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The results indicate that the degree to which people benefit from autonomy need-satisfaction depends on their implicit disposition towards autonomy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3506",
doi="10.1111/jopy.12133",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12133"
}