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Janke, Stefan; Alsmeyer, Melanie; Neißner, Miriam; Rudert, Selma C. – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
The university years are an important life phase for academics that shapes their transition from adolescence to adulthood. Here, we aimed to contribute to a better understanding on how alumni construe both nostalgic memories and regrets about this period. In line with Self-Determination Theory, we assumed that we would find frequent references to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Alumni, College Graduates, Memory
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Kunyu, David K.; Schachner, Maja K.; Juang, Linda P.; Schwarzenthal, Miriam; Aral, Tugçe – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
Despite evidence that acculturation hassles (such as discrimination and language hassles) relate to poorer adjustment for adolescents of immigrant descent, we know less about the psychological processes underlying these associations. In this study, we test whether reduced psychological needs satisfaction in terms of a lower sense of belonging,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Immigrants, Self Determination
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Schmidt, Andrea; Neubauer, Andreas B.; Dirk, Judith; Schmiedek, Florian – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Satisfaction and frustration of the basic psychological need for relatedness have been postulated to play a vital role for affective well-being. Yet, this prediction has not been thoroughly tested in schoolchildren's everyday lives. In this work, we examined the association between relatedness satisfaction and frustration at school on daily and…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Affective Behavior, Well Being, Satisfaction
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Kassis, Wassilis; Graf, Ulrike; Keller, Roger; Ding, Kathrin; Rohlfs, Carsten – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire study in 2016 with 697 student teachers from two Universities. The study used structural equation modelling to analyse the effects of "received social support" from family and fellow-students as well as "perceived self-efficacy" in relation to the basic psychological needs in teacher…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Psychological Needs, Student Teacher Attitudes, Resilience (Psychology)
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Hagenauer, Gerda; Gläser-Zikuda, Michaela; Moschner, Barbara – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Based on self-determination theory, this study seeks to explore whether a study environment that provides relevant conditions for students' basic psychological need-satisfaction can lead to more positive and less negative emotional experiences. It also addresses the question of how emotions experienced in the university context are related to…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Learner Engagement, Affective Behavior, Self Determination
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Koch, Franziska D.; Dirsch-Weigand, Andrea; Awolin, Malte; Pinkelman, Rebecca J.; Hampe, Manfred J. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
In order to increase student commitment from the beginning of students' university careers, the Technische Universität Darmstadt has introduced interdisciplinary study projects involving first-year students from the engineering, natural, social and history, economics and/or human sciences departments. The didactic concept includes sophisticated…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Freshmen, Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Projects
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Raufelder, Diana; Regner, Nicola; Drury, Kate; Eid, Michael – Educational Psychology, 2016
In order to enhance our understanding of inter-individual differences in scholastic motivation, this study examined if self-determination predicts the school engagement of four different motivation types (MT) in a large sample of adolescent students (N = 1088) from Brandenburg, Germany: (1) peer-dependent MT, (2) teacher-dependent MT, (3)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology