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Sense of Authentic Inner Compass as a Moral Resource across Cultures: Possible Implications for Resisting Negative Peer-Pressure and for Parenting
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Assor, Avi; Benita, Moti; Yitshaki, Noam; Geifman, Yael; Maree, Wisam – Journal of Moral Education, 2020
This paper focuses on a recently conceptualized construct--sense of authentic inner-compass (AIC)--and two parenting practices promoting it: basic autonomy-support (BAS) and inherent value-demonstration (IVD). Rooted in self-determination theory, sense of AIC refers to the perception that we have self-guiding values, aspirations, and goals, which…
Descriptors: Resistance (Psychology), Peer Influence, Parenting Styles, Personal Autonomy
The Costs of Parental Pressure to Express Emotions: Conditional Regard and Autonomy Support as Predictors of Emotion Regulation and Intimacy
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Roth, Guy; Assor, Avi – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
This research focuses on offspring's perceptions of their parents' usage of conditional regard and autonomy-supportive practices in response to the offspring's experiences of negative emotion. Participants were 174 college students (60% were females). As predicted from self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000), students' perceptions of parents…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Intimacy, Emotional Response
Enhancing Autonomy-Supportive I-Thou Dialogue in Schools: Conceptualization and Socio-Emotional Effects of an Intervention Program
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Kaplan, Haya; Assor, Avi – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2012
We present a conceptualization and a 2 year program of autonomy-supportive I-Thou dialogue among teachers and students that is based on self-determination theory (Deci and Ryan in "Psychol Inq" 11(4):227-268, 2000) and Buber's (1960) philosophy. The program was applied in 18 seventh grade classes (420 students). Findings showed: (a) increases in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Student Motivation, Grade 7, Teacher Student Relationship
Schools as Promoters of Moral Judgment: The Essential Role of Teachers' Encouragement of Critical Thinking
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Weinstock, Michael; Assor, Avi; Broide, Galia – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2009
The assumption that high level functioning is characterized by a great deal of autonomy is central to some major theories of moral development [Kohlberg (in T. Lickona (ed.) "Moral development and behavior: Theory, research and social issues," 1976); Piaget ("The moral judgment of the child", 1932)] and to the self-determination theory of…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Student Attitudes, Value Judgment, Critical Thinking