Nicole Naadu Ofosu, John Paul Ekwaru, Kerry Ann Bastian, Sarah A Loehr, Kate Storey, John C Spence, Paul J Veugelers
Long-term effects of comprehensive school health on health-related knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, health behaviours and weight status of adolescents
BMC public health
adopted dualprocess model within selfdetermination theory framework investigate students sometimes veer toward longitudinal trajectory rising classroom engagement semester times tend toward trajectory rising disengagement measures perceived autonomy support perceived teacher control need satisfaction need frustration engagement disengagement collected 366 174 females 192 males korean highschool students using threewave longitudinal research design multilevel structural equation modeling analyses found perceived autonomy support predicted longitudinal changes need satisfaction predicted changes engagement also perceived teacher control predicted longitudinal changes need frustration predicted changes disengagement reciprocal effects also emerged extent disengagement predicted longitudinal increases students perceptions teacher control decreases perceptions teacher autonomy support conclude students tend toward semesterlong trajectory rising engagement perceive teachers autonomy supportive need satisfying tend toward trajectory rising disengagement perceive teachers controlling need frustrating