Individual and social predictors of Greek early adolescents’ self-determination: a longitudinal structural equation analysis
Given that early adolescence is a dynamic and vulnerable developmental period, it is important to examine factors that promote adolescents’ individual development and, more specifically, the satisfaction of psychological needs within the framework of self-determination theory. In a two-wave longitu...
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| author | Βασίλης Κάσσης Αικατερίνη Βάσιου Χρήστος Γκόβαρης Christian Rietz Ulrike Graf |
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Given that early adolescence is a dynamic and vulnerable developmental period, it is important to examine factors that promote adolescents’ individual development and, more specifically, the satisfaction of psychological needs within the framework of self-determination theory. In a two-wave longitudinal sample (N = 218) of Greek adolescents (eighth grade in autumn 2020 and ninth grade in autumn 2021), we used structural equation modeling to determine which individual and social factors longitudinally predict autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The examination of these psychological needs is regarded as a necessary step in designing school-based prevention and intervention programs for adolescents. Individual factors, such as self-esteem, self-efficacy, and depression or anxiety, foster self-determination through social factors, such as recognition and support from teacher and parents, and social resources. Adolescents with a migration background showed lower levels of social factors. The model was gender invariant and indicated that social agents (teachers and parents) and social resources predict a very large proportion of variance in early adolescents’ individual development. These findings support the view that early adolescents’ development depends on social factors through the satisfaction of psychological needs.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5da5e5c9a53b411bad5398bb1802e67e2024-01-02T08:48:50ZellNational Documentation CenterΨυχολογία: το Περιοδικό της Ελληνικής Ψυχολογικής Εταιρείας1106-57372732-66402023-12-0128210.12681/psy_hps.31471Individual and social predictors of Greek early adolescents’ self-determination: a longitudinal structural equation analysis Βασίλης Κάσσης0Αικατερίνη Βάσιου 1Χρήστος Γκόβαρης2Christian Rietz3Ulrike Graf4University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern SwitzerlandUniversity of CreteUniversity of ThessalyHeidelberg University of Teacher Education, GermanyHeidelberg University of Teacher Education, Germany Given that early adolescence is a dynamic and vulnerable developmental period, it is important to examine factors that promote adolescents’ individual development and, more specifically, the satisfaction of psychological needs within the framework of self-determination theory. In a two-wave longitudinal sample (N = 218) of Greek adolescents (eighth grade in autumn 2020 and ninth grade in autumn 2021), we used structural equation modeling to determine which individual and social factors longitudinally predict autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The examination of these psychological needs is regarded as a necessary step in designing school-based prevention and intervention programs for adolescents. Individual factors, such as self-esteem, self-efficacy, and depression or anxiety, foster self-determination through social factors, such as recognition and support from teacher and parents, and social resources. Adolescents with a migration background showed lower levels of social factors. The model was gender invariant and indicated that social agents (teachers and parents) and social resources predict a very large proportion of variance in early adolescents’ individual development. These findings support the view that early adolescents’ development depends on social factors through the satisfaction of psychological needs. https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/psychology/article/view/31471early adolescenceself-determinationpsychological needsself-esteemself-efficacydepression |
| spellingShingle | Βασίλης Κάσσης Αικατερίνη Βάσιου Χρήστος Γκόβαρης Christian Rietz Ulrike Graf Individual and social predictors of Greek early adolescents’ self-determination: a longitudinal structural equation analysis Ψυχολογία: το Περιοδικό της Ελληνικής Ψυχολογικής Εταιρείας early adolescence self-determination psychological needs self-esteem self-efficacy depression |
| title | Individual and social predictors of Greek early adolescents’ self-determination: a longitudinal structural equation analysis |
| title_full | Individual and social predictors of Greek early adolescents’ self-determination: a longitudinal structural equation analysis |
| title_fullStr | Individual and social predictors of Greek early adolescents’ self-determination: a longitudinal structural equation analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Individual and social predictors of Greek early adolescents’ self-determination: a longitudinal structural equation analysis |
| title_short | Individual and social predictors of Greek early adolescents’ self-determination: a longitudinal structural equation analysis |
| title_sort | individual and social predictors of greek early adolescents self determination a longitudinal structural equation analysis |
| topic | early adolescence self-determination psychological needs self-esteem self-efficacy depression |
| url | https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/psychology/article/view/31471 |
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