 Motivation
"Motivation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli.
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D009042
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.658 F01.752.543.500.750
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Motivation".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Motivation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Motivation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2000 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2001 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2002 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2003 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2004 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 2005 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2006 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2007 | 9 | 12 | 21 | | 2008 | 3 | 12 | 15 | | 2009 | 11 | 9 | 20 | | 2010 | 8 | 10 | 18 | | 2011 | 11 | 6 | 17 | | 2012 | 9 | 11 | 20 | | 2013 | 11 | 11 | 22 | | 2014 | 8 | 11 | 19 | | 2015 | 11 | 12 | 23 | | 2016 | 7 | 15 | 22 | | 2017 | 16 | 10 | 26 | | 2018 | 12 | 23 | 35 | | 2019 | 11 | 13 | 24 | | 2020 | 10 | 9 | 19 | | 2021 | 7 | 13 | 20 | | 2022 | 5 | 17 | 22 | | 2023 | 8 | 8 | 16 | | 2024 | 9 | 11 | 20 | | 2025 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Motivation" by people in Profiles.
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Winters DE, Sakai JT. Callous-Unemotional Trait Prosocial Limitations Are Moderated by Cognitive Control Impacting Theory of Mind in Adolescents. Personal Ment Health. 2025 Nov; 19(4):e70037.
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Hawksworth O, Solt J, Jang D, Norman P, Hind D, Jayasuriya R. Using protection motivation theory to support patient adherence in healthcare settings: A scoping review. PLoS One. 2025; 20(9):e0330883.
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Churchill L, Graber J, Mealer M, Thigpen CA, Matlock DD, Bade MJ, Stevens-Lapsley JE. Patient and Clinician Perceptions of a "People-Like-Me" Tool for Personalized Rehabilitation After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Qualitative Interview Study. Phys Ther. 2025 May 03; 105(5).
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Gomez DA, Blades CM, Haas EJ, Aryanpour Z, Mathes DW, Nguyen PD, Egan KG. Incentive to Publish in Plastic Surgery: Does It Continue After the Match? Ann Plast Surg. 2025 Aug 01; 95(2):201-205.
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vanDellen MR, Wright JWC, Hampton BM, Ranby KW, Beach SRH, Shen Y, MacKillop JM. Mechanisms of change in a randomized control pilot study of partner-involved financial incentive treatments for dual-smoking couples. Health Psychol. 2025 Oct; 44(10):983-992.
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Naibauer S, Branagan WT, Lehto S, Reynolds N, Mikulich-Gilbertson S, Page CE, Davis RA. Attitudes towards living organ donation: a cross-sectional survey study. Front Public Health. 2025; 13:1552393.
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Sarmiento CA, Hurvitz E, Cohen J, Gannotti M. Stakeholder perspectives on an adult cerebral palsy community registry: A qualitative study. Disabil Health J. 2025 Jul; 18(3):101822.
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Akin J, Stotz S, Sanville L, Yaroch AL, Shanks CB. Nutrition Education Across Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Programs: A Landscape Analysis. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2025 May; 57(5):425-434.
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Finkelstein LB, Bright EE, Gu HCJ, Arch JJ. Optimizing the Use of Personal Values to Promote Medication Adherence: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Affective and Behavioral Responses to Theory-Driven Domain Congruent Versus Incongruent Values Approaches. Ann Behav Med. 2025 Jan 04; 59(1).
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Iriarte E, Webel AR, Cook PF, Turner A, Ditzenberger GL, Erlandson KM, Jankowski C. What Motivates Older Sedentary People Living With HIV in the United States to Participate in an Exercise Trial? A Qualitative Study. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2025 Mar-Apr 01; 36(2):143-155.
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