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Table 1 The self-determination continuum

From: Wanting to attend isn’t just wanting to quit: why some disadvantaged smokers regularly attend smoking cessation behavioural therapy while others do not: a qualitative study

Type of motivation

Amotivation

Extrinsic motivation

Intrinsic motivation

Type of regulation

Non-regulation

External

Introjected

Identified

Integrated

Intrinsic

Type of behaviour

Non-self-determined

Self-determined

  1. Adapted from Deci & Ryan [20].
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BMC Public Health

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