About

Our goal is to provide self-determination theory researchers with a single, continuously updated, citable source of meta-analytic evidence. Knowledge shouldn't only live in journals. We believe meta-analytic infrastructure should be open and freely accessible for non-commercial purposes to anyone interested in SDT, transparent in its scope and methodology, and living so that it grows alongside the literature it represents.

MetaSDT builds on the Meta-Analytic Research Domain (MARD) framework articulated by Pim Cuijpers, whose own living databases (e.g., Metapsy) have shown the value of unifying a field's evidence base into shared, continuously maintained infrastructure. We see this database as a parallel step for self-determination theory that will allow us to be exposed to the full weight of empirical evidence in this field. This type of infrastructure may also advance the method of knowledge accumulation beyond the current practice of individual publications.

We hope it will be useful for researchers planning their work, research synthesists conducting meta-research, and clearer communication of what the field has learned to audiences beyond academia.