Kimberley J. Bartholomew|Nikos Ntoumanis|Athanasios Mouratidis|Ermioni Katartzi|Cecilie Thøgersen?Ntoumani|Symeon P. Vlachopoulos
Beware of your teaching style: A school-year long investigation of controlling teaching and student motivational experiences
University of East Anglia|Curtin University|TED University|Hacettepe University|Aristotle University of Thessaloniki|Curtin University|Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
relatively little research drawing selfdetermination theory examined links controlling teaching environments student motivation end two longitudinal studies conducted explore students perceptions controlling teaching behavior experiences psychological need frustration associated number motivationrelated outcomes school year multilevel growth modelling indicated changes perceptions controlling teaching positively related changes need frustration across school year studies 1 2 turn negatively related autonomous motivation positively related controlled motivation amotivation study 1 n 419 positively related fear failure contingent selfworth challenge avoidance study 2 n 447 significant indirect effects also supported mediating role need frustration findings reinforce need research negative motivational pathways link controlling teaching poor quality student motivation implications teacher training discussed