Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/5565
Title: The interplay between autonomy support and structure in the prediction of challenge-seeking, novelty avoidance, and procrastination
Authors: Mouratidis, Athanasios
Michou, Aikaterini
Koçak, Aylin
Christ, Aysenur Alp
Selçuk, Şule
Keywords: self-determination theory
teaching style
need support
response surface analysis
Polynomial Regression
Teacher-Behavior
Mediating Role
School-Year
Motivation
Students
Personality
Perspective
Performance
Engagement
Publisher: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
Abstract: Although teachers' autonomy support and structure are considered essential elements of the classroom environment to promote effective learning strategies, prior research has sometimes provided conflicting results. This inconsistency may stem from how autonomy support and structure relate to some outcomes but not others. Alternatively, this variability might be attributed to nonlinear relations, which have been scarcely tested thus far. In this cross-sectional study, we revisited this issue by examining both the linear and curvilinear relations of autonomy support and structure to challenge-seeking, novelty avoidance, and procrastination. Participants were 3,271 adolescents (Mage = 15.91, SD = 0.34 years; 59.8% females) from 116 classrooms. Multilevel polynomial regression analyses revealed that, compared to structure, autonomy support was a more reliable predictor of challenge-seeking, both at the student and the classroom levels. In contrast, structure predicted novelty avoidance and procrastination more reliably at both levels than autonomy support. Response surface analyses indicated that the most desired pattern existed at the line of congruence. Our findings suggest that both autonomy support and structure are needed to enhance students' learning strategies. However, the degree of necessity may vary for specific outcomes, with one potentially being more crucial than the other.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2024.2402322
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/5565
ISSN: 0144-3410
1469-5820
Appears in Collections:Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

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