Hope, Life Satisfaction, and Motivation

Author

Haley K. McConnell, Anderson UniversityFollow
Laura G. Stull, Anderson UniversityFollow

Periodical Title

Modern Psychological Studies

Volume

23

Number

1

Page Numbers

1-18

Department

Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Date

2017

Abstract

This study examined three types of motivation—autonomous, controlled and impersonal (Deci & Ryan, 1985)—in relation to life satisfaction and hope in a sample of persons living in transitional housing in central Indiana. It was hypothesized that life satisfaction and hope would be positively related to autonomous motivation and negatively related to impersonal motivation. Further, the relationship between life satisfaction, hope, and controlled motivation was explored. Data were analyzed using multiple regression analyses. While hypotheses were not supported, other important relationships were found in the data, such as interesting directional differences and correlations. How these findings may be particularly relevant to the homeless population are discussed.

Subject

Psychology

Keyword

motivation; self-determination theory; homelessness; hope; life satisfaction

Discipline

Psychology

Document Type

article

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Recommended Citation

McConnell, Haley K. and Stull, Laura G. (2017) "Hope, Life Satisfaction, and Motivation," Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 23: No. 1, Article 1.
Available at: https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol23/iss1/1