… Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Geoffrey C. Williams,
Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 …

… Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Geoffrey C. Williams,
Department of Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 …

Behavior change is more effective and lasting when patients are autonomously motivated.
To examine this idea, we identified 184 independent data sets from studies that utilized self-…

Despite many recent technical breakthroughs in health care, human behaviour remains the
largest source of variance in health-related outcomes (Schroeder, 2007). People’s health …

… Address correspondence and reprint requests to Geoffrey C. Williams, MD, PhD, Department
of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY …

Self-regulation is analyzed in terms of self-determination theory using the concepts of intrinsic
motivation and the internalization of extrinsic motivation. Laboratory experiments and field …

… Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Geoffrey C. Williams,
Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Box 270266, …

… Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Geoffrey C. Williams,
Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY …

… Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Geoffrey C. Williams,
Department of Clinical and Social Science in Psychology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY …

Nearly 40% of mortality in the United States is linked to social and behavioral factors such
as smoking, diet and sedentary lifestyle. Autonomous self-regulation of health-related …