... Past research has shown that autonomous motivation to help is associated with greater psychological benefits for both providers and recipients across various relational contexts, from support in close relationships (Blais, Sabourin, Boucher, & Vallerand, 1990;Deci, La Guardia, Moller, Scheiner, & Ryan, 2006;Hadden, Rodriguez, Knee, & Porter, 2015;Knee, Patrick, Vietor, Nanayakkara, & Neighbors, 2002;La Guardia & Patrick, 2008;Patrick, Knee, Canevello, & Lonsbary, 2007) to prosocial behaviours toward strangers (Gagné, 2003;Hui & Kogan, 2018;Nelson et al., 2015;Weinstein & Ryan, 2010). There have also been clinical applications of helping motivation and need satisfaction among caregivers of individuals with cancer (Kim et al., 2008) and chronic pain (Kindt et al., 2015). ...