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Determination

Determination is a positive emotional feeling that promotes persevering towards a difficult goal in spite of obstacles. Determination occurs prior to goal attainment and serves to motivate behavior that will help achieve one's goal. Motivation encourages determination and pushes the person forwards so they can face their problem. Determination also helps…

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Determination

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see also · 17
Determination → Ability, Approach, Assertiveness, Autonomy, Capacity, Changes, Cognitive, Faculty, Finnish, Friction, Inner, Measure, One's, Person's, Personality, Psychological, Theory
related to Biopsychosocial model · 9
Determination → By, Emotions, However, In, People, Researchers, SBP, So, This
related to Emotional experience · 7
Determination → Another, Following, In, Research, The, This, Using
related to Interpersonal relationships · 6
Determination → Challenge, For, In, Therefore, This, When
related to Self-determination theory · 6
Determination → An, High, It, SDT, Self-determination, Social
related to Health and well-being · 4
Determination → In, Some, Studies, They
related to Classroom, workplace, and family environment · 3
Determination → Environments, Research, When
related to Etymology · 3
Determination → It, Latin, The
is a · 2
Determination → positive emotion that prepares an individual to overcome obstacles.Another study compared determination and pride to see how these two positive emotions differentially influence…, positive emotional feeling that promotes persevering towards a difficult goal in spite of obstacles
related to Appraisal theory · 2
Determination → Appraisal, These

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motivation positive challenge people emotion research difficult person emotions experience goal action psychology theory intrinsic perseverance study emotional desire physiological

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Determinationis apositive emotional feeling that promotes persevering towards a difficult goal in spite of obstacles0.90text
Determinationis apositive emotion that prepares an individual to overcome obstacles.Another study compared determination and pride to see how these two positive emotions differentially influence…0.90text
planninginstance ofmotivational relevancewhether a situation is relevant to a person's commitments and goals motivational incongruencewhether a situation is incongruent with a person's commitments…0.80text
problem-solvingThese appraisal components combine to evoke experiences of determination that then motivate one to persevereinstance ofmotivational relevancewhether a situation is relevant to a person's commitments and goals motivational incongruencewhether a situation is incongruent with a person's commitments…0.80text
strive towards masteryinstance ofmotivational relevancewhether a situation is relevant to a person's commitments and goals motivational incongruencewhether a situation is incongruent with a person's commitments…0.80text
Determinationrelated to Appraisal theoryAppraisal0.60section
Determinationrelated to Appraisal theoryThese0.60section
Determinationrelated to Biopsychosocial modelEmotions0.60section
Determinationrelated to Biopsychosocial modelHowever0.60section
Determinationrelated to Biopsychosocial modelIn0.60section
Determinationrelated to Biopsychosocial modelResearchers0.60section
Determinationrelated to Biopsychosocial modelSo0.60section

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