Expert in: Support for self-determination
JOUSSEMET, Mireille
Professeure titulaire
- Child development
- Clinical psychology
- Motivation
- Parenting practices
- Preventing psychosocial problems
- Promoting motivation and well-being
- Socialization
- Support for self-determination
- Self-determination theory
My research lies at the crossroads of social psychology and developmental psychology, and is based on the theory of self-determination (Deci & Ryan; 1980, 2000, 2010), which postulates that human beings have three essential psychological needs: competence, relatedness and autonomy. My research activities concern children’s need for autonomy and their development.