Using self-determination theory, the authors tested a motivational model to explain the conditions under which rural students formulate their intentions to persist in, versus drop out of, high school. The model argues that motivational variables underlie students’ intentions to drop out and that students’ motivation can be either supported in the classroom by autonomy-supportive teachers or fru...

OBJECTIVE To identify the frequency and intensity of moral distress experienced by nurses, technicians and nursing assistants who worked in hospitals in the South of Rio Grande do Sul State. METHOD A survey research was conducted with 334 nursing workers from three institutions, through a questionnaire of moral distress. Constructs were validated through factorial analysis and Cronbach's alph...

Purpose – The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between intrinsic motivation and work performance among individuals from a broad cross-section of job types among public employees with the objectives of contributing to self-determination theory and assisting public management practice and research. Design/methodology/approach – Respondents were drawn from three municipalities lo...

BACKGROUND The KIPPPI (Brief Instrument Psychological and Pedagogical Problem Inventory) is a Dutch questionnaire that measures psychosocial and pedagogical problems in 2-year olds and consists of a KIPPPI Total score, Wellbeing scale, Competence scale, and Autonomy scale. This study examined the reliability, validity, screening accuracy and clinical application of the KIPPPI. METHODS Parents...

BACKGROUND The principals of therapeutic recreation underpin a camping program for children and adolescents living with chronic disease. This study aimed to evaluate the campers' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) before and after the program. METHOD We used the Hungarian version of Kidscreen-52 questionnaire to assess HRQoL. The study sample (n = 115) consisted of children and adolescent...

AIMS The aims of this study were: (1) To examine whether working in a self-directed team is related to home-care nursing staff's job satisfaction; (2) To assess the mediating effect of self-perceived autonomy over patient care; (3) To investigate the moderating effect of educational level on the association between autonomy over patient care and job satisfaction. BACKGROUND Self-directed team...

This article seeks to analyze the foundations of idea ​​teaching autonomy today, in neoliberal context alienation, exploitation, worker accountability and how this concept has been used capitalist society from point view reorganizing teaching work. To end, bibliographical research was used, supported by discourse analysis Fairclough (2001), with emphasis on historical, political social ​​autono...