The term 'non-cognitive skills' refers to a set of attitudes, behaviours, and strategies that are
thought to underpin success in school and at work, such as motivation, perseverance, and …

The twofold purpose of the present study was, first, to determine whether training
intervention programs designed to help people support the autonomy of others are effective …

Autonomy-supportive teaching is the adoption of a student-focused attitude and an
understanding interpersonal tone that enables the skillful enactment of seven autonomy …

Central to self-determination theory (SDT) is the notion that autonomously motivated
learning relates to greater learning benefits. While learners' intrinsic motivation has received …

This chapter pursues three goals. First, it overviews self-determination theory (SDT). SDT is
a macrotheory of motivation comprised of five interrelated minitheories—basic needs theory …

This study provides the first longitudinally designed, classroom-based empirical test of self-
determination theory's motivation mediation model. Measures of perceived autonomy …

A recurring paradox in the contemporary K-12 classroom is that, although students
educationally and developmentally benefit when teachers support their autonomy, teachers …

Psychological control refers to manipulative parental behavior that intrudes upon the child's
psychological world. During the past decade, socialization research has consistently …

The present research complements extant variable-centered research that focused on the
dimensions of autonomous and controlled motivation through adoption of a person-centered …

Examination of motivational dynamics in academic contexts within self-determination theory
has centered primarily around both the motives (initially intrinsic vs. extrinsic, later …