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Dubois, Pascale; Guay, Frédéric; St-Pierre, Marie-Catherine – Exceptional Children, 2023
School-to-work transition is a challenging period for youth with learning difficulties (LD). Based on self-determination theory (SDT), we tested the role of autonomy support and motivation in predicting transition status and well-being among this population. This prospective study included 218 students with LD in their last year of a work-study…
Descriptors: Youth, Learning Problems, Education Work Relationship, Work Study Programs
McEnerney, Kelly – Communique, 2021
Research suggests that children begin to internalize moral rules during the adolescent years when self-reflection and the desire to integrate and prioritize different core values is strongest (Blasi, 1983). Until then, they rely mostly on extrinsic forms of motivation in which they adopt the norms and rules of society, which they obey to avoid…
Descriptors: Caring, Values Education, Moral Values, Moral Development
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Collie, Rebecca J. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2022
This study investigated the extent to which students' social-emotional basic psychological need satisfaction (of social-emotional autonomy, social competence, relatedness with students, and relatedness with teachers) is associated with their prosocial motivation and, in turn, behavioral and emotional well-being outcomes. For motivation, autonomous…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Prosocial Behavior, Well Being, Motivation
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Shangraw, Rebecca – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2017
A subtheory of self-determination theory, basic needs theory (BNT), examines the ways in which social-environmental factors interact with athletes' physical and psychological wellness. When the three psychological needs (autonomy, competence and relatedness) identified in BNT are met in a sport setting, athletes' perceptions of well-being and…
Descriptors: Athletes, Intellectual Disability, Self Determination, Theories
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Alcaraz, Saul; Torregrosa, Miquel; Viladrich, Carme – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of the present research was to test how behavioral regulations are mediated between basic psychological needs and psychological well-being and ill-being in a sample of team-sport coaches. Based on self-determination theory, we hypothesized a model where satisfaction and thwarting of the basic psychological needs predicted…
Descriptors: Well Being, Psychological Needs, Athletic Coaches, Motivation
Tang, Thomas Li-Ping; Tang, Theresa Li-Na – 1992
The importance of human needs during the retrospective peacetime in 1990 and the Persian Gulf War in 1991 was examined among 564 college students in the United States. Results of factor analyses showed that during peacetime, two factors (higher-order and lower-order needs) were identified. During the war, all needs were rated as more important and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Students, Higher Education, Individual Needs