Social-emotional need satisfaction, prosocial motivation, and students' positive behavioral and well-being outcomes.

ABSTRACT: 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 prosocial motivation and controlled prosocial motivation (by way of introjected and external regulation) were examined. Behavioral outcomes comprised prosocial behavior and conduct problems reported by parents/carers, and emotional well-being were positive and negative affect reported by students. With data from 408 secondary school students (and their parents/carers), structural equation modeling showed that perceived autonomy was associated wit

SUBMITTER: Collie RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9016699 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature