A Psychological Perspective on Agency in the Context of Behavior Change

Mine Sato (), Nobuo Sayanagi () and Toru Yanagihara ()
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Mine Sato: Yokohama National University
Nobuo Sayanagi: Yamanashi Eiwa College
Toru Yanagihara: Takushoku University

Chapter Chapter 3 in Empowerment Through Agency Enhancement, 2022, pp 27-36 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter first provides an outline of the assumptions behind psychological research, especially the assumptions behind psychological constructs and their measurement. Next, the psychological research on the concept of agency is selectively reviewed, with a special focus on agency in the context of behavior enactment and change, and the definition provided for the purpose of the psychological chapters in this volume is posited as the ability and capacity to self-determinedly act towards the goal(s) of improving the environment and/or circumstances. Finally, the chapter argues that posit that autonomous motivation as defined by self-determination theory (SDT) is a central mechanism of agency and is the concept that is best suited for its research.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-1227-6_3

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