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Frédéric Guay

Frédéric Guay

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Psychology

D-Index
59
Citations
25520
World Ranking
3623
National Ranking
234

Overview

Frédéric Guay is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada. Their research primarily covers the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a focus on social psychology, safety research, education, clinical psychology, and developmental and educational psychology.

The scientist has contributed to various topics throughout their career, including:

  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Frédéric Guay include:

  • Applying Self-Determination Theory to Education: Regulations Types, Psychological Needs, and Autonomy Supporting Behaviors, 2021, Canadian Journal of School Psychology
  • Student Motivation and Associated Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis From Self-Determination Theory, 2021, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Pathways to Student Motivation: A Meta-Analysis of Antecedents of Autonomous and Controlled Motivations, 2021, Review of Educational Research
  • Young Adults With Developmental Language Disorder: A Systematic Review of Education, Employment, and Independent Living Outcomes, 2020, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • A review and empirical comparison of motivation scoring methods: An application to self-determination theory, 2020, Motivation and Emotion

Frédéric Guay frequently collaborates with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Julien S. Bureau
  • William Gilbert
  • Catherine F. Ratelle
  • Alexandre J. S. Morin
  • Érick Falardeau

Their work has been published repeatedly in a number of academic venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Learning and Individual Differences
  • Contemporary Educational Psychology
  • Animal - science proceedings
  • Motivation and Emotion
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Self-determination and persistence in a real-life setting: toward a motivational model of high school dropout.

    Robert J. Vallerand;Michelle S. Fortier;Frédéric Guay

  • On the Assessment of Situational Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: The Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS)

    Frédéric Guay;Robert J. Vallerand;Céline Blanchard

  • Academic Self-Concept and Academic Achievement: Developmental Perspectives on Their Causal Ordering.

    Frédéric Guay;Herbert W. Marsh;Michel Boivin

  • Autonomous, Controlled, and Amotivated Types of Academic Motivation: A Person-Oriented Analysis

    Catherine F. Ratelle;Frédéric Guay;Robert J. Vallerand;Simon Larose

  • Intrinsic, identified, and controlled types of motivation for school subjects in young elementary school children

    Frédéric Guay;Julien Chanal;Catherine F. Ratelle;Herbert W. Marsh

  • Predicting intraindividual changes in teacher burnout: The role of perceived school environment and motivational factors

    Claude Fernet;Frédéric Guay;Caroline Senécal;Stéphanie Austin

  • Optimal learning in optimal contexts: The role of self-determination in education

    Frédéric Guay;Catherine F. Ratelle;Julien Chanal

  • Academic Motivation and School Performance: Toward a Structural Model

    Michelle S. Fortier;Robert J. Vallerand;Frédéric Guay

  • Student Motivation and Associated Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis From Self-Determination Theory:

    Joshua L Howard;Julien Bureau;Frédéric Guay;Jane X Y Chong

  • Academic self-concept, autonomous academic motivation, and academic achievement: Mediating and additive effects

    Frédéric Guay;Catherine F. Ratelle;Amélie Roy;David Litalien

  • Predicting Career Indecision: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective

    Frédéric Guay;Caroline Senécal;Lysanne Gauthier;Claude Fernet

  • The role of passion for teaching in intrapersonal and interpersonal outcomes

    Noemie Carbonneau;Robert J. Vallerand;Claude Fernet;Frederic Guay

  • Adjusting to job demands: The role of work self-determination and job control in predicting burnout

    Claude Fernet;Frédéric Guay;Caroline Senécal

  • Passion: Does one scale fit all? Construct validity of two-factor passion scale and psychometric invariance over different activities and languages.

    Herbert W. Marsh;Robert J. Vallerand;Marc-André K. Lafrenière;Philip D. Parker

  • The Work Tasks Motivation Scale for Teachers (WTMST)

    Claude Fernet;Caroline Senecal;Frederic Guay;Herbert Warren Marsh

  • On the Hierarchical Structure of Self-Determined Motivation: A Test of Top-Down, Bottom-Up, Reciprocal, and Horizontal Effects

    Frédéric Guay;Geneviève A. Mageau;Robert J. Vallerand

  • Social context, student's motivation, and academic achievement: Toward a process model

    Frédéric Guay;Robert J. Vallerand

  • Preschool behavior and first-grade school achievement : The mediational role of cognitive self-control

    Sylvie Normandeau;Frédéric Guay

  • Perceptions of parental involvement and support as predictors of college students' persistence in a science curriculum.

    Catherine F. Ratelle;Simon Larose;Frédéric Guay;Caroline Senécal

  • Role conflict and academic procrastination: A self-determination perspective

    Caroline Senécal;Etienne Julien;Frédéric Guay

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine F. Ratelle
Catherine F. Ratelle Université Laval
Simon Larose
Simon Larose Université Laval
Robert J. Vallerand
Robert J. Vallerand University of Quebec at Montreal
Claude Fernet
Claude Fernet Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin Université Laval
Luigi Faucitano
Luigi Faucitano Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Herbert W. Marsh
Herbert W. Marsh Australian Catholic University
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Alexandre J. S. Morin
Alexandre J. S. Morin Concordia University
Arie Nouwen
Arie Nouwen Middlesex University

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