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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
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Tack, Hanne; Vanderlinde, Ruben – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
Grounded in the Self-Determination Theory, this study examines the relations between teacher educators' experienced work pressure and opportunities for professional growth, their work related basic needs satisfaction (i.e. autonomy, competence and relatedness) and their researcherly disposition (i.e. being a smart consumer of research, being able…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Faculty Development, Faculty Workload, Job Satisfaction
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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
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Clarke, Simon; O'Donoghue, Tom – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2019
Recently there has been an increasing recognition of the need to investigate how different contexts influence the nature and character of school leadership and to demonstrate how leaders in schools located within different environments shape their leadership accordingly. This has led to a growing body of work that has emerged from investigations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Administration, School Location, Student Needs
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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
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Vreys, Carla; Venderickx, Kathleen; Kieboom, Tessa – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2016
The abilities of gifted employees are extremely valuable in a knowledge based economy. However, research on the functioning of gifted adults in the workplace is relatively scarce. In this study we focus on the strengths and needs of gifted employees and investigate how well these fit with their current job. We also explore which barriers may…
Descriptors: Employees, Adults, Psychological Needs, Gifted
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De Meyer, Jotie; Tallir, Isabel B.; Soenens, Bart; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Aelterman, Nathalie; Van den Berghe, Lynn; Speleers, Lise; Haerens, Leen – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Self-determination theory (SDT) has served as a theoretical framework for considerable research on teaching behavior and student motivation. The majority of studies have focused on need-supportive teaching behavior at the expense of need-thwarting teaching behavior (i.e., the "dark side" of teaching). The goal of the present study was to…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Teacher Behavior, Power Structure, Video Technology
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de Haan, Amaranta D.; Soenens, Bart; Dekovic, Maja; Prinzie, Peter – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2013
The current study examined the explanatory role of satisfaction of parental psychological needs in effects of childhood aggression on various adolescent-perceived parenting behaviors in middle adolescence. Research questions were examined in a large multi-informant, prospective community study of ethnic majority Belgian families…
Descriptors: Aggression, Psychological Needs, Parents, Adolescents
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Rutten, Cindy; Boen, Filip; Seghers, Jan – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2012
Based on the self-determination theory, this study investigated the mediating role of the satisfaction of the three psychological needs (need for competence, relatedness and autonomy) in the relation between need support from the physical education (PE) teacher and autonomous motivation to engage in PE and between the physical school environment…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Motivation, Psychological Needs, Physical Education
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Luyckx, Koen; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Goossens, Luc; Duriez, Bart – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2009
The fulfillment of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness as postulated within self-determination theory was hypothesized to play an energizing role in identity formation, conceptualized as multiple dimensions of exploration and commitment. Two studies among high school and college students (N = 714) were conducted…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Self Concept, Theories, Self Determination
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Michiels, D.; Grietens, H.; Onghena, P.; Kuppens, S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
This study aimed at determining whether paternal parenting behaviours (attachment and positive affection) added significant information on children's psychosocial adjustment beyond that provided by maternal reports. Five hundred and fifty-two children (fourth through sixth graders) from a non-clinical sample completed a brief measure of perceived…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Hyperactivity, Parent Child Relationship, Preadolescents