Relationships Among Autonomy Relevant Instruction, Classroom Racial Climate, and Student Engagement.

ABSTRACT: Extensive evidence shows that autonomy support is a strong predictor of students' psychological needs and classroom engagement. However, for racially/ethnically minoritized students, strategies to support psychological needs may need to extend beyond traditional conceptions of autonomy support rooted in white normative values, requiring explicit support for a positive racial climate. This investigation includes two studies examining the relationships among racially/ethnically minoritized college students' perceptions of instructors' autonomy support and classroom racial climate (CRC) with engagement via psychological need satisfaction, as well as interactions between autonomy support and CRC. In Study 1, promotion of cultural competence and cultural socialization were associated wit

SUBMITTER: Vite A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12539609 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature