"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.
| Descriptor ID |
D009042
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.658 F01.752.543.500.750
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| Concept/Terms |
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2007 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2008 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 2009 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 2010 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| 2011 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2013 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2014 | 17 | 16 | 33 |
| 2015 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2017 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| 2020 | 9 | 14 | 23 |
| 2021 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2022 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2023 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Motivation" by people in Profiles.
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Keller PS, Rawn KP, Dunsmore JC, Zvolensky M. Motivation to Abstain from Drinking as a Moderator of Associations Between Parent and Offspring Problem Drinking. Subst Use Misuse. 2024; 59(10):1537-1545.
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Aweau K, Erari S, Im S, Murphy K, Pokhrel P, Herzog TA. What Motivates Betel Quid Chewers to Quit? An Analysis of Several Cessation-Relevant Variables. Subst Use Misuse. 2024; 59(7):1095-1101.
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Contreras-P?rez ME, Wagner E, Hospital M, Morris S, Colby S, Magill M. Outcomes of a Brief Motivational Intervention for Heavy Alcohol Use in Racial or Ethnic Minority Compared to White Emerging Adults. J Evid Based Soc Work (2019). 2024 Jan 02; 21(1):75-89.
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Azadi R, Holcombe AO, Edelman JA. Hypometria of saccadic eye movements to targets in rapid circular motion. J Vis. 2024 Jan 02; 24(1):2.
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Ai W, Cunningham WA, Lai MC. The dimensional structure of the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) and predictors of camouflaging in a representative general population sample. Compr Psychiatry. 2024 01; 128:152434.
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Keller PS, Rawn KP, Dunsmore JC, Zvolensky M, El-Sheikh M. Parental drinking and observations of parent-child problem-solving discussions: Do drinking motives matter? J Fam Psychol. 2023 Oct; 37(7):993-1004.
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Weaver KJ, Raju S, Rucker RA, Chakraborty T, Holt RA, Pletcher SD. Behavioral dissection of hunger states in Drosophila. Elife. 2023 Jun 16; 12.
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Spalluto LB, Bonnet K, Sonubi C, Ernst LL, Wahab R, Reid SA, Agrawal P, Gregory K, Davis KM, Lewis JA, Berardi E, Hartsfield C, Selove R, Sanderson M, Schlundt D, Audet CM. Barriers to Implementation of Breast Cancer Risk Assessment: The Health Care Team Perspective. J Am Coll Radiol. 2023 03; 20(3):342-351.
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Miloslavich K, Leonard SJ, Wardle MC, Vujanovic AA. Alcohol Use Severity, Anger and Drinking Motives among Firefighters. Subst Use Misuse. 2023; 58(5):601-609.
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Garey L, Senger AR, Smit T, Nizio P, Matoska CT, Kauffman B, Businelle MS, Gallagher MW, Zvolensky MJ. Anxiety sensitivity and reasons for smoking among Black smokers. Addict Behav. 2023 04; 139:107593.