Richard deCharms

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Richard deCharms is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard deCharms has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Education, 5 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard deCharms's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (5 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (2 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 papers). Richard deCharms is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (5 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (2 papers) and Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 papers). Richard deCharms collaborates with scholars based in United States. Richard deCharms's co-authors include EDWARD E. JONES, Milton E. Rosenbaum and Margaret Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Journal of Personality.

In The Last Decade

Richard deCharms

21 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Personal causation : the internal affective determinants of behavior. --

1968 1.3k citations Richard deCharms Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

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Andy Kukla Canada

Edgar L. Lowell United States

Paul S. Rosenkrantz United States

Susan R. Vogel United States

Herbert L. Mirels United States

Thane S. Pittman United States

Elisha Babad Israel

Wilbur B. Brookover United States

Bernice Lott United States

W. Blair G. Jarvis United States

Andy Kukla Canada

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deCharms, Richard. (1977). Pawn or Origin? Enhancing Motivation in Disaffected Youth.. Educational leadership. 64(6). 513–516. 10 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard, et al.. (1977). Teacher Beliefs, Classroom Interaction and Personal Causation¹. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 7(2). 95–114. 26 indexed citations

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Cohen, Margaret, et al.. (1976). Training teachers to enhance personal causation in students. Interchange. 7(1). 34–39. 7 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard. (1976). The Science of Values: Values in Education and Society . Norman T. Feather. Free Press (Macmillan), New York, and Collier Macmillan, London, 1975. xvi, 350 pp. $14.95.. Science. 194(4268). 931–933. 2 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard. (1976). Enhancing Motivation: Change in the Classroom. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 257 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard, et al.. (1974). Conceptual Complexity and Teacher-Student Interaction in Alternative and Traditional Classes. 1(1). 267–269. 1 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard. (1972). Personal Causation Training in the Schools¹. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 2(2). 95–113. 144 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard. (1968). Personal causation : the internal affective determinants of behavior. --. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1266 indexed citations breakdown →

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deCharms, Richard, et al.. (1968). Measuring Motivation in Culturally Disadvantaged School Children. The Journal of Experimental Education. 37(1). 31–41. 39 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard, et al.. (1965). The "Origin-Pawn" Variable in Person Perception. Sociometry. 28(3). 241–241. 28 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard, et al.. (1965). Hope of success, fear of failure, subjective probability, and risk-taking behavior.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1(6). 558–568. 48 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard, et al.. (1963). Some effects of verbal expression of hostility.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 66(5). 462–470. 22 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard, et al.. (1962). Authoritarianism and response to power cues1. Journal of Personality. 30(3). 439–457. 5 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard, et al.. (1962). Values expressed in American children's readers: 1800-1950.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 64(2). 136–142. 51 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard, et al.. (1961). LEADERSHIP COMPLIANCE AND GROUP BEHAVIOR. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 4 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard, et al.. (1960). STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AGGRESSION. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard, et al.. (1959). The achievement motive in normal and mentally retarded children.. PubMed. 64. 457–66. 14 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard. (1958). A self-scored projective measure of achievement and affiliation motivation.. Journal of Consulting Psychology. 22(3). 172–172. 5 indexed citations

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JONES, EDWARD E. & Richard deCharms. (1957). Changes in Social Perception as a Function of the Personal Relevance of Behavior. Sociometry. 20(1). 75–75. 63 indexed citations

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deCharms, Richard. (1957). Affiliation motivation and productivity in small groups.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 55(2). 222–226. 30 indexed citations

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