In this Solocast, we discuss what the 3 basic psychological needs are, the importance of 'The Weekend Effect', how you can improve your sense of autonomy, how to implement Unconditional Positive Regard in your relationships and much more...

Chapters

0:00 Show Intro

1:19 The 3 Basic Psychological Needs

6:19 The Weekend Effect

11:14 Need 1: Autonomy 

20:19 How to Increase Your Autonomy

32:09 Need 2: Competence

38:04 How to Increase Your Competence

51:14 Need 3: Relatedness

52:04 How to Increase Your Relatedness

1:07:19 Next Steps

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Further Resources

“Weekends, work, and well-being: Psychological need satisfactions and day of the week effects on mood, vitality, and physical symptoms” by Ryan et. al. (2010)

“A Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of intervention programs designed to support autonomy” by Su and Reeve (2011)

“Cortisol reactivity to a teacher’s motivating style: the biology of being controlled versus supporting autonomy” by Reeve & Tseng (2011)

“Autonomous motivation for therapy: A new common factor in brief treatments for depression” by Zuroff et. al. (2007)

“Workplace Motivation & Wellbeing” with Prof. Anja Olafsen - https://youtu.be/eWNL8zJMtvU?si=jwKEXWLBzKPiFlIg

“Attachment-Based Parenting” with Dr. Dave Pasalich https://youtu.be/xJOYulYL-HU?si=UqEE9q8-1l9YWdrs

“Parent influences on children’s school-related self-system process” by Grollnick & Wellborn (1988)

“The emotional and academic consequences of parental conditional regard: comparing conditional positive regard, conditional negative regard, and autonomy support as parenting practices” by Roth et. al. (2009)

“A Test of Self-Determination Theory in the Exercise Domain” by Edmunds et. al. (2006)
“The Ordinal Effects of Ostracism: A Meta-Analysis of 120 Cyberball Studies” by Williams et. al. (2015)