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Shim, Sungok Serena; Finch, W. Holmes; Cho, YoonJung; Knapke, Melissa – Educational Psychology, 2022
Drawing from self-determination theory, the current study examined how teachers' satisfaction or frustration of psychological needs might be related to their job satisfaction, intention to leave, and flow experience during teaching (N = 143, K-12 teachers in the Midwestern U.S.). In support of the Dual Process Model, the current results revealed…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Psychological Needs, Professional Autonomy
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Tilga, Henri; Hein, Vello; Koka, Andre; Hamilton, Kyra; Hagger, Martin S. – Educational Psychology, 2019
Students' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) may depend on the extent to which the school environment fostered by their teacher is perceived as autonomy-supportive. We tested a conditional process model in a physical education context in which students' perception of their teachers' autonomy-supportive behaviour moderated the relationship…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Physical Education, Adolescents, Quality of Life
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Filak, Vincent F.; Sheldon, Kennon M. – Educational Psychology, 2008
Self-determination theory posits that individuals who have basic psychological needs satisfied while engaging in an activity will be more likely to value and persist in that activity. Scholars in this area have also posited that autonomy-supportive social contexts are top-down determinants of individual need satisfaction. To understand better the…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Student Needs, Psychological Needs, Models