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Leach, Jennifer Kay; Patall, Erika A. – NACADA Journal, 2016
To explore the relationship between need-supportive advising and students' decision making on academic majors, we conducted a longitudinal study of 145 students based on their reports of basic psychological need satisfaction and their decision-making processes. We hypothesized that need-supportive advising would positively contribute to autonomous…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Undergraduate Students, Longitudinal Studies, Need Gratification
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Burt, Tracie D.; Young-Jones, Adena D.; Yadon, Carly A.; Carr, Michael T. – NACADA Journal, 2013
Students learn in and out of a formal classroom, and instructors and academic advisors play key roles in academic motivation and learning. Therefore, through the lens of self-determination theory, we examined the ways perceived support from instructors and advisors relates to satisfaction of college students' basic psychological needs. Advisor and…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Motivation, Academic Aspiration, Student Needs