Luc Pelletier

Boulanger, B., Bédard, A., Carbonneau, E., Pelletier, L. G., Robitaille, J., Lamarche, B., & Lemieux, S. (2024). Social desirability, dietary intakes, and variables related to attitudes and behaviours towards eating among French-speaking adults from Quebec, Canada: The PREDISE study. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 49(2) doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0261

Barbeau, K., Boileau, K., & Pelletier, L. G. (2023). Motivational pathways involved in women’s intentions to engage in healthy and disordered eating behavior following a body‐related discrepancy. Motivation and Emotion, Advance online publication doi: 10.1007/s11031-023-10037-y

Pelletier, L. G., & Rocchi, M. (2023). Organismic integration theory: A theory of regulatory styles, internalization, integration, and human functioning in society. In R. M. Ryan (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of self-determination theory (pp. 53-83). : Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197600047.013.4

Guertin, C., & Pelletier, L. G. (2022). The relationship between autonomous and controlled motivation and eating behaviors: Examining the roles of self‐regulating eating quality and quantity. Motivation and Emotion, Advance online publication doi: 10.1007/s11031-022-09964-z

Gauthier, A. J., Guertin, C., & Pelletier, L. G. (2022). Motivated to eat green or your greens? Comparing the role of motivation towards the environment and for eating regulation on ecological eating behaviours – A Self-Determination Theory perspective. Food Quality and Preferences, 99, 104570. doi: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2022.104570

Firzly, N., Chamandy, M., Pelletier, L. G., & Lagace, M. (2021). An examination of mentors’ interpersonal behaviors and mentees’ motivation, turnover intentions, engagement, and well-being. Journal of Career Development doi: 10.1177/08948453211039286

Rodrigues, F., Pelletier, L. G., Rocchi, M., Cid, L., Teixeira, D., & Monteiro, D. (2021). Adaptation and validation of a Portuguese version of the Sports Motivation Scale-II (SMS-II-P) showing invariance for gender and sport type. Perceptual and Motor Skills, Advance Online, 1-19. doi: 10.1177/00315125211039362

Pope, P., & Pelletier, L. G. (2021). What messages do adults prefer? Understanding adults’ perceptions of intrinsic and extrinsic physical activity messages. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, Advance online publication doi: 10.1037/cbs0000189

Baxter, D., & Pelletier, L. G. (2020). The roles of motivation and goals on sustainable behaviour in a resource dilemma: A self-determination theory perspective. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 69, 101437. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101437

Howard, J. L., Gagné, M., Van den Broeck, A., Guay, F., Chatzisarantis, N. L., Ntoumanis, N., & Pelletier, L. G. (2020). A review and empirical comparison of motivation scoring methods: An application to self‐determination theory. Motivation and Emotion, 44, 534–548. doi: 10.1007/s11031-020-09831-9

Rocchi, M., Pelletier, L. G., Cheung, S., Baxter, D., & Beaudry, S. (2017). Assessing need-supportive and need-thwarting interpersonal behaviours: The Interpersonal Behaviours Questionnaire (IBQ). Personality and Individual Differences, 104, 423-433. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.08.034

Guertin, C., Barbeau, K., Pelletier, L. G., & Martinelli, G. (2017). Why do women engage in fat talk? Examining fat talk using Self-Determination Theory as an explanatory framework. Body Image, 20, 7-15. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.10.008

Aitken, N. M., Pelletier, L. G., & Baxter, D.E. (2016). Doing the difficult stuff: Influence of self-determined motivation toward the environment on transportation pro-environmental behaviour. Ecopsychology, 8, 153-162. doi: 10.1089/eco.2015.0079

Lavergne, K., & Pelletier, L. G. (2016). Why are attitude-behavior inconsistencies uncomfortable? Using motivational theories to explore individual differences in dissonance arousal and motivation to compensate. Motivation and Emotion, 40(6), 842-861. doi: 10.1007/s11031-016-9577-3

Ricard, N. C., & Pelletier, L. G. (2016). Dropping out of high school: The role of parent and teacher self-determination support, reciprocal friendships, and academic motivation. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 44-45, 32-40. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2015.12.003

Gravel, E. E., Pelletier, L. G., & Reissing, E. D. (2016). "Doing it" for the right reasons: Validation of a measurement of intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and amotivation for sexual relationships. Personality and Individual Differences, 92, 164-173. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.12.015

Pelletier, L. G., & Rocchi, M. (2016). Teacher's motivation in the classroom. In W.C. Liu, J.C.K. Wang, & R.M. Ryan (Eds.), Building autonomous learners: Research and practical perspectives using self-determination theory (pp. 107-127). Singapore: Springer.

Pelletier, L. G., Guertin, C., Pope, J. P., & Rocchi, M. (2016). Homeostasis balance, homeostasis imbalance or distinct motivational processes? Comments on Marks (2015) ‘Homeostatic Theory of Obesity’. Health Psychology Open, 3(1), 1-4. doi: 10.1177/2055102915624512

Guertin, C., Rocchi, M., Pelletier, L. G., Émond, C., & Lalande, G. (2015). The role of motivation and eating regulation on the physical and psychological health of cardiovascular disease patients. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(5), 543-555. doi: 10.1177/1359105315573471

Lavergne, K., & Pelletier, L. G. (2015). Predicting individual differences in the choice of strategy to compensate for attitude-behaviour inconsistencies in the environmental domain. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 44, 135-148. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.10.001

Pelletier, L. G., & Aitken, N. (2014). Encouraging Environmental Actions in Employees and in the Working Environment: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective. In M. Gagné (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Work Engagement, Motivation, and Self-Determination Theory (pp. 314-334). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Radel. R., Pelletier, L. G., Sarrazin, P., & Baxter, D. (2014). The paradoxical effect of controlling context on interest in another activity. Learning and Instruction, 29, 95-102. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2013.09.004

Slovinec D’Angelo, M., Pelletier, L. G., Huta, V., & Reid, R. D. (2014). The roles of self-efficacy and motivation in the prediction of short- and long-term adherence to exercise among coronary heart disease patients. Health Psychology, 33, 1344-1353. doi: 10.1037/hea0000094

Nascimento Junior, J. R., Vissoci, J. R. N., Balbim, G., Moreira, C. R., Pelletier, L. G., & Vieira, L. F. (2014). Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties analysis of the Sport Motivation Scale-II for the Brazilian context. Revista da Educação Física, 25, 441-458. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4025/reveducfis.v25i3.24855

Rocchi, M., Pelletier, L. G., & Couture, A. L. (2013). Determinants of coach motivation and autonomy supportive coaching behaviours. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 14, 852-859. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.07.002

Savard, A., Joussemet, M., Pelletier, L. G., & Mageau, G. A. (2013). The benefits of autonomy support for adolescents with severe emotional and behavioral problems. Motivation and Emotion, 37, 688-700. doi: 10.1007/s11031-013-9351-8

Radel, R., Sarrazin, P., Jehu, M., & Pelletier, L. G. (2013). Priming motivation through unattended speech. British Journal of Social Psychology, 52(4), 763-772. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12030

Radel, R., Pelletier, L. G., & Sarrazin, P. (2013). Restoration processes after need thwarting: when autonomy depends on competence. Motivation and Emotion, 37, 234-244. doi: 10.1007/s11031-012-9308-3

Ricard, N. C., Beaudry, S. G., & Pelletier, L. G. (2012). Lovers with happy feet: The interdependence of relationship and activity factors for individuals dancing with a romantic partner. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42, 939–963. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00835.x

Sarrazin, P., Pelletier, L. G., Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2012).

Pelletier, L. G., Baxter, D., & Huta, V. (2011). Personal autonomy and environmental sustainability. In V. Chirkov, R. Ryan, & K. Sheldon (Eds.), Personal autonomy in cultural contexts: Global perspectives on the psychology of agency, freedom, and people’s well-being (pp. 257-278). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Radel, R., Pelletier, L. G., Sarrazin, P., & Milyavskaya, M. (2011). Restoration process of the need for autonomy: The early alarm stage. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 919–934.

Lavergne, K. J., Sharp, E. C., Pelletier, L. G., & Holtby, A. (2010). The role of perceived government style in the facilitation of self-determined and non self-determined pro-environmental behavior. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 30, 169-177.

Radel, R., Sarrazin, P., & Pelletier, L. G. (2009). Evidence of subliminally primed motivational orientations: The effects of unconscious motivational processes on the performance of a new motor task. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 31, 657-674.

Pelletier, L. G., & Sharp, E. C. (2009). Administrative pressures and teachers' interpersonal behaviour in the classroom. Theory and Research in Education, 7, 174-183.

Tremblay, M. A., Blanchard, C. M., Taylor, S., Pelletier, L. G., & Villeneuve, M. (2009). Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale: Its value for organizational psychology research. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 41(4), 213-226. doi: 10.1037/a0015167

Boiché, J. C., Sarrazin, P. G., Grouzet, F. M., Pelletier, L. G., & Chanal, J. (2008). Students’ motivational profiles in physical education and achievement outcomes: A Self-Determination Theory perspective. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100, 688-701. doi: 10.1037/0022-0663.100.3.688

Koestner, R., Otis, N., Powers, T. A., Pelletier, L. G., & Gagnon, H. (2008). Autonomous motivation, controlled motivation, and goal progress. Journal of Personality, 76, 1201-1230.

Vallerand, R. J., Pelletier, L. G., & Koestner, R. (2008). Reflections on self-determination theory. Canadian Psychology, 49, 257-262. doi: 10.1037/a0012804

Otis, N., & Pelletier, L. G. (2008). Women’s regulation styles for eating behaviors and outcomes: The mediating role of approach and avoidance food planning. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 55-67.

Green-Demers, I., Legault, L., Pelletier, D., & Pelletier, L. G. (2008). Factorial invariance of the Academic Amotivation Inventory across gender and grade in a sample of Canadian high school students. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 68(5), 862-880. doi: 10.1177/0013164407313368

Pelletier, L. G., & Sharp, E. (2008). Persuasive communication and proenvironmental behaviours: How message tailoring and message framing can improve integration of behaviors through self-determined motivation. Canadian Psychology, 49, 210-217. doi: 10.1037/a0012755

Pelletier, L. G., & Dion, S. C.  (2007). An examination of general and specific motivational mechanisms for the relations between body dissatisfaction and eating behaviors. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 3, 303-333.

Bouchard, G., Lee, C. M., Asgary, V.,, & Pelletier, L. G. (2007). Fathers’ motivation for involvement with their children: A self-determination theory perspective. Fathering, 5, 25-41.

Sarrazin, P., Boiché, J., & Pelletier, L. G. (2007). A self-determination theory approach to dropout in athletes. In M. S. Hagger & N. L. D. Chatzisarantis (Eds.), Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in exercise and sport (pp. 229-242). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

D'Angelo, M. S., Reid, R. D., & Pelletier, L. G. (2007). A model for exercise behavior change regulation in patients with heart disease. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 29, 208-224. doi: 10.1123/jsep.29.2.208

Pelletier, L. G., & Sarrazin, P. (2007). Measurement issues in self-determination theory and sport. In M. S. Hagger & N. L. D. Chatzisarantis (Eds.), Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in exercise and sport (pp. 143-152). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Pelletier, L. G., Vallerand, R. J., & Sarrazin, P. (2007). The revised six-factor sport motivation scale (Mallett, Kawabata, Newcombe, Otero-Forero, & Jackson, 2007): Something old, something new, and something borrowed. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 8, 615-621.

Sarrazin, P. G., Tessier, D. P., Pelletier, L. G., Trouilloud, D. O., & Chanal, J. P. (2006). The effects of teachers' expectations about students' motivation on teachers' autonomy-supportive and controlling behaviors. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 4, 283-301.

Sharp, E. C., Pelletier, L. G., & Levesque, C. S. (2006). The double-edged sword of rewards for participation in psychology experiments. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 38, 269-277.

Pelletier, L. G., & Patry, D. (2006). Autodétermination et engagement professionnel des enseignants. In B. Galand & E. Bourgeois (Eds.), Se motiver à apprendre (pp. 171-182). Paris, France: Presses Universitaires de France.

Legault, L., Green-Demers, I., & Pelletier, L. G. (2006). Why do high school students lack motivation in the classroom? Toward an understanding of academic amotivation and social support. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98, 567-582. doi: 10.1037/0022-D663.98.3.567

Grouzet, F. M., Otis, N., & Pelletier, L. G. (2006). Longitudinal cross-gender factorial invariance of the Academic Motivation Scale. Structural Equation Modeling, 13, 73-98.

Tremblay, M. A., Blanchard, C. M., Pelletier, L. G., & Vallerand, R. J. (2006). A dual route in explaining health outcomes in natural disaster. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 1502-1522.

Otis, N., Grouzet, F. M., & Pelletier, L. G. (2005). Latent motivational change in an academic setting: A 3-year longitudinal study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97, 170-183. doi: 10.1037/0022-0663.97.2.170

Otis, N., & Pelletier, L. G. (2005). A motivational model of daily hassles, physical symptoms, and future work intentions among police officers. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 2193-2214.

Pelletier, L. G., Dion, S., & Levesque, C. S. (2004). Can self-determination help protect women against sociocultural influences about body image and reduce their risk of experiencing bulimic symptoms?. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23, 61-88.

Pelletier, L. G., Dion, S. C., Slovenic-D'Angelo, M., & Reid, R. (2004). Why do you regulate what you eat?  Relationship between forms of regulation, eating behaviors, sustained dietary behavior change, and psychological adjustment. Motivation and Emotion, 28, 245-277.

Pelletier, L. G., Dion, S. C., Slovinec-D’Angelo, M., & Reid, R. (2004). Why do you regulate what you eat? Relationships between forms of regulation, eating behaviors, sustained dietary behavior change, and psychological adjustment. Motivation and Emotion, 28(3), 245–277. doi: 10.1023/B:MOEM.0000040154.40922.14

Blanchard, C. M., Pelletier, L. G., Otis, N., & Sharp, E. (2004). Rôle de l'autodétermination et des aptitudes scolaires dans la prédiction des absences scolaires et l'intention de décrocher. Revue des sciences de l’éducation, 30, 105-123.

Levesque, C. S., & Pelletier, L. G. (2003). On the investigation of primed and chronic autonomous and heteronomous motivational orientations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29, 1570-1584.

Levesque, C. S., Laliberte, M. L. N., Pelletier, L. G., Blanchard, C. M., & Vallerand, R. J. (2003). Harmonious and obsessive passion for the internet: Their associations with the couple's relationship. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 33, 197-221. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2003.tb02079.x

Noels, K., Pelletier, L. G., Clement, R., & Vallerand, R. J. (2003). Why are you learning a second language? Motivational orientations and self-determination theory. Language Learning, 53(51), 33-64. doi: 10.1111/1467-9922.53223

Boislard-Pepin, M., Green-Demers, I., Pelletier, L. G., & Chartrand, J. (2002). The impact of the interpersonal style of the sexual partner on sexual competence, motivation, and satisfaction. Revue Quebecoise de Psychologie, 23, 105-121.

Sarrazin, P., Vallerand, R. J., Guillet, E., Pelletier, L. G., & Cury, F. (2002). Motivation and dropout in female handballers: A 21-month prospective study. European Journal of Social Psychology, 32, 395-418.

Pelletier, L. G., Levesque, C. S., & Legault, L. (2002). Pressure from above and pressure from below as determinants of teachers' motivation and teaching behavior. Journal of Educational Psychology, 94, 186-196.

Boislard-Pépin, M. A., Green-Demers, I., Pelletier, L. G., Chartrand, J., & Levesque, C. S. (2002). L'impact du partenaire sur la compétence, la motivation et la satisfaction sexuelles.. Revue Québécoise de Psychologie,, 23, 105-121.

Pelletier, L. G. (2002). A motivational analysis of self-determination for pro-environmental behaviors. In E. L. Deci, & R. M. Ryan (Eds.), Handbook of self-determination research (pp. 205-232). Rochester, NY: University Of Rochester Press.

Pelletier, L. G., Fortier, M. S., Vallerand, R. J., & Brière, N. M. (2001). Associations among perceived autonomy support, forms of self-regulation, and persistence: A prospective study. Motivation and Emotion, 25, 279-306.

Noels, K. A., Clement, R., & Pelletier, L. G. (2001). Intrinsic, extrinsic, and integrative orientations of French Canadian learners of English. Canadian Modern Language Review, 57, 424-442.

Mageau, G. A., Green-Demers, I., & Pelletier, L. G. (2000). Supprimer l’ennui mais à quel prix? L’impact paradoxal du contrôe mental sur l’intérêt envers une tâche ennuyante. Revue Canadienne des Sciences du Comportement [The suppression of our boredom, but at what price? The paradoxical impact of mental control of boredom during a tedious task], 32, 29-39. doi: 10.1037/h0087098

Legault, L., & Pelletier, L. G. (2000). Impact of an environmental education program on students' and parents' attitudes, motivation, and behaviours. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science Revue, 32, 243-250.

Noels, K.A., Pelletier, L. G., Clément, R., & Vallerand, R. J. (2000). Why are you learning a second language? Orientations and Self-Determination Theory. Language Learning, 50, 57-85. doi: 10.1111/0023-8333.00111

Pelletier, L. G., Dion, S., Tuson, K. M., & Green-Demers, I. (1999). Why do people fail to adopt environmental behaviors? Towards a taxonomy of environmental amotivation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29, 2481-2504.

Noels, K. A., Clement, R., & Pelletier, L. G. (1999). Perceptions of teachers' communicative style and students' intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Modern Language Journal, 83, 23-34.

Pelletier, L. G., Tuson, K., Green-Demers, I., Noels, K., & Beaton, A. (1998). Why are you doing things for the environment? The Motivation Toward the Environment Scale (MTES). Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28, 437-468.

Green-Demers, I., Pelletier, L. G., Stewart, D. G., & Gushue, N. R. (1998). Coping with less interesting aspects of training: Toward a model of interest and motivation enhancement in individual sports. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 20, 251-261.

Levesque, C. S., Pelletier, L. G., & Hunsley, J. (1998). Toward a model of environmental activism. Environment and Behavior, 30, 628-652.

Pelletier, L. G., Green-Demers, I., & Béland, A. (1997). Pourquoi adopter des comportements écologiques? Validation de l'Échelle de Motivation envers l'Environnement.. Revue Canadienne des Sciences du Comportement, 29, 145-156.

Pelletier, L. G., Tuson, K. M., & Haddad, N. K. (1997). Client Motivation for Therapy Scale: A measure of intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and amotivation for therapy. Journal of Personality Assessment, 68:2, 414-435. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6802_11

Green-Demers, I., Pelletier, L. G., & Menard, S. (1997). The impact of behavioural difficulty on the saliency of the association between self-determined motivation and environmental behaviours. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 29, 157-166.

Pelletier, L. G., Vallerand, R. J., Green-Demers, I., Blais, M. R., & Brière, N. M. (1996). Vers une conceptualisation multidimensionnelle du loisir: Construction et validation de l'Échelle de Motivation vis-à-vis les Loisirs (EML). Loisir et Société, 19, 559-585.

Dion, S., Pelletier, L. G., & Green-Demers, I. (1996). Statut socio-économique et santé physique: le rôle modérateur de l'autodétermination. Science et Comportement, 25, 183-206.

Pelletier, L. G., & Vallerand, R. J. (1996). Supervisors' beliefs and subordinates' intrinsic motivation: A behavioral confirmation analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 71, 331-340.

Pelletier, L. G., Vallerand, R. J., Green-Demers, I., Blais, M. R., & Brière, N. M. (1995). Loisirs et santé mentale: Les relations entre la motivation pour la pratique des loisirs et le bien-être psychologique. Revue Canadienne des Sciences du Comportement, 27, 140-158.

Pelletier, L. G., Fortier, M. S., Vallerand, R. J., Tuson, K. M., & Brière, N. M. (1995). Toward a new measure of intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and amotivation in sports: The Sport Motivation Scale (SMS). Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 17, 35-53.

Brière, N. M., Vallerand, R. J., Blais, M. R., & Pelletier, L. G. (1995). Développement et validation d'une mesure de motivation intrinsèque et extrinsèque et d'amotivation en contexte sportif: L'Echelle de Motivation dans les Sports (EMS). Journal International de Psychologie du Sport, 26, 465-489.

Vallerand, R. J., Gagné, F., Senecal, C., & Pelletier, L. G. (1994). A comparison of school intrinsic motivation and perceived competence of gifted and regular students. Gifted Child Quarterly, 38, 172-175.

Vallerand, R. J., Pelletier, L. G., Blais, M. R., Briere, N. M., Senecal, C., & Valliéres, E. F. (1993). On the assessment of intrinsic, extrinsic, and amotivation in education: Evidence on the concurrent and construct validity of the Academic Motivation Scale. Educational & Psychological Measurement, 53, 159-172.

Levesque, C. S., Pelletier, L. G., & Vallerand, R. J. (1992). Type de programme universitaire et sexe de l'étudiant: Effets sur la perception du climat et sur la motivation. Revue des Sciences de l'Education, 18, 375-388.

Vallerand, R. J., Pelletier, L. G., Blais, M. R., Briere, N. M., Senecal, C., & Valliéres, E. F. (1992). The Academic Motivation Scale: A measure of intrinsic, extrinsic, and amotivation in education. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 52, 1003-1017.

Deci, E. L., Vallerand, R. J., Pelletier, L. G., & Ryan, R. M. (1991). Motivation and education: The self-determination perspective. The Educational Psychologist, 26(3-4), 325-346. doi: 10.1207/s15326985ep2603&4_6

Vallerand, R. J., Blais, M. R., Briere, N. M., & Pelletier, L. G. (1989). Construction and validation of the Motivation Toward Education Scale. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science Revue Canadienne, 21, 323-349.

Vallerand, R. J., Blais, M. R., Briere, N. M., & Pelletier, L. G. (1989). Construction and validation of the Motivation toward Education Scale. Canadian Journal Of Behavioural Science Revue Canadienne Des Sciences Du Comportement, 21, 323-349.

Blanchard, C. M., Pelletier, L. G., Otis, N., & Sharp, E. (). Rôle de l'autodétermination et des aptitudes scolaires dans la prédiction des absences scolaires et l'intention de décrocher. Revue des sciences de l’éducation, 30, 105-123.