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- Garcia, Danilo, 1973, et al.
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Autonomy and Responsibility as a Dual Construct: Swedish Police Personnel’s Stress, Energy, and Motivation
- 2017
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Ingår i: International Journal of Police Science and Management. - : SAGE Publications. - 1461-3557 .- 1478-1603. ; 19:3, s. 195-204
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Law enforcement demands self-management, intrinsic motivation, high energy levels, and tolerance to stress. The concept of self-management might involve both autonomy and responsibility. Autonomy and responsibility, however, are often considered and measured as the same construct even thought at a conceptual level they can be seen as a separate dual construct. Our aims were (1) to investigate the duality of the concept autonomy and responsibility and (2) to investigate this hypothesized dual construct’s association to stress and energy and motivation dimensions among Swedish police personnel. Employees (N = 617; males = 318, females = 292) from five Swedish police departments participated in the study. Autonomy and responsibility were assessed using one of the scales in the Learning Climate Questionnaire, motivation using a modified version of the Situational Motivation Scale, and stress and energy using the Stress/Energy Questionnaire. We conducted a confirmatory factor analysis and two structural equation models. The confirmatory factor analysis discerned two separate subscales that we defined as autonomy (e.g., “I feel free to organize my work the way I want to”) and responsibility (e.g., “We are not encouraged to take responsibility for our own learning”). Autonomy predicted both stress and energy, but only one dimension of motivation, that is, amotivation. Responsibility predicted energy and three of four motivations dimensions: intrinsic motivation, external regulation, and amotivation. Hence, we suggest that the notion of autonomy and responsibility as a dual independent construct seems to be meaningful in the investigation of police personnel’s motivation, stress, and energy.
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- Lindskär, Erik, et al.
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Affective Profiles’ Motivation to Exercise, Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise, and Propensity to Exercise During a Six-Month Period
- 2015
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Ingår i: 4th World Congress on Positive Psychology. Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA..
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Conceptualizing affect as a two system model leads to four profiles: self-fulfilling (high positive affect, low negative affect); high affective (high positive affect, high negative affect); low affective (low positive affect, low negative affect); and self-destructive (low positive affect, high negative affect). Using this model as the framework, we investigated 158 individuals’ training frequency for six months back in time (electronically measured) and its relation to motivation (Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire 2) and basic psychological needs (Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale). Training frequency was not significantly different between profiles. The self-destructive profile’s training motivation was regulated by cohesions from the environment (e.g., “I train because other people say I should”) and both guiltiness (e.g., “I feel guilty when I don’t exercise”) and ability to manage the training program (i.e., competence) predicted their exercise frequency during the six months. The self-fulfilling profile scored higher in all basic psychological needs: autonomy (i.e., feeling training was their own choice), competence (i.e., being able to manage the training program), and relatedness (i.e., feeling comfortable with other people at the gym). Nevertheless, feeling social relatedness at the gym was associated to less frequent exercise for individuals with a high affective profile.
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- Ryberg, Fredrik, et al.
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Autonomy and Responsibility as a Dual Construct in the Prediction of Police Personnel’s Motivation, Stress and Energy
- 2015
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Ingår i: 27th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention. New York, New York, USA.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Autonomy and responsibility were studied separately among Swedish police personnel. Whereas autonomy predicted low amotivation, low stress and high energy, responsibility predicted high intrinsic motivation, high identified regulation, low external regulation, low amotivation, and high energy.
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