Autonomy as Process and Outcome: Revisiting Cultural and Practical Issues in Motivation for Counseling

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 286-302

  Lynch, Martin F ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^b   Deci, Edward L ^a   Ryan, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

autonomy; ethics; motivation; multiculturalism; psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651276075     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000010388424     Document Type: Article

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