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Understanding Shifts in Students' Academic Motivation across a School Year: The Role of Teachers' Motivating Styles and Need-Based Experiences
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Cohen, Rinat; Katz, Idit; Aelterman, Nathalie; Vansteenkiste, Maarten – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2023
Students' adaptive motivation to study tends to decrease over time. However, the reasons for this decline are not fully understood. Drawing on self-determination theory (SDT), we investigated whether changes in teachers' motivating style and students' associated need-based experiences could explain the motivational decline documented in the…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Teaching Styles, Motivation Techniques, Educational Change
Daily Sources of Autonomy-Supportive and Controlling Parenting in Mothers of Children with ASD: The Role of Child Behavior and Mothers' Psychological Needs
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Dieleman, Lisa M.; Soenens, Bart; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Prinzie, Peter; Laporte, Nele; De Pauw, Sarah S. W. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
This study aimed to gain more insight in the sources of daily parenting among mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Specifically, we examined associations between daily variations in child behavior, mothers' psychological needs, and mothers' controlling and autonomy-supportive parenting. Moreover, the study examined the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Child Rearing, Mothers
Teachers' Psychological Needs Link Social Pressure with Personal Adjustment and Motivating Teaching Style
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Vermote, Branko; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Aelterman, Nathalie; van der Kaap-Deeder, Jolene; Beyers, Wim – Journal of Experimental Education, 2023
Grounded in self-determination theory, this study examined the explanatory role of teachers' need-based experiences in the association between teachers' perceived social pressure (i.e., from the principal, colleagues, and students) and their personal adjustment and motivating teaching style. In total, 482 secondary school teachers (M age = 39.9…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Psychological Needs, Secondary School Teachers, Self Determination
Toward an Integrative and Fine-Grained Insight in Motivating and Demotivating Teaching Styles: The Merits of a Circumplex Approach
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Aelterman, Nathalie; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Haerens, Leen; Soenens, Bart; Fontaine, Johnny R. J.; Reeve, Johnmarshall – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Guided by Self-Determination Theory, we offer an integrative and fine-grained analysis of teachers' classroom motivating style (i.e., autonomy support, structure, control, and chaos) to resolve existing controversies in the literature, such as how these dimensions relate to each other and to educationally important student and teacher outcomes.…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Teaching Styles, Motivation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
The Moderating Role of Adolescent Personality in Associations between Psychologically Controlling Parenting and Problem Behaviors: A Longitudinal Examination at the Level of Within-Person Change
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Mabbe, Elien; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Brenning, Katrijn; De Pauw, Sarah; Beyers, Wim; Soenens, Bart – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Although abundant research has demonstrated associations between psychologically controlling parenting and adolescent problem behavior, little is known about the moderating role of adolescent personality herein. This study examined whether adolescent personality moderates the associations between parental psychological control and internalizing…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Parenting Styles
Children's Daily Well-Being: The Role of Mothers', Teachers', and Siblings' Autonomy Support and Psychological Control
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van der Kaap-Deeder, Jolene; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Soenens, Bart; Mabbe, Elien – Developmental Psychology, 2017
This study examined the unique relations between multiple sources (i.e., mothers, teachers, and siblings) of perceived daily autonomy support and psychological control and children's basic psychological needs and well-being. During 5 consecutive days, 2 children from 154 families (M[subscript age] youngest child = 8.54 years; SD = 0.89 and…
Descriptors: Children, Well Being, Parent Role, Mothers