Reducing Violence in Non-controlling Ways: A Change Program Based on Self Determination Theory |
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| Authors: | Avi Assor Ofra Feinberg Yaniv Kanat-Maymon Haya Kaplan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Educational Psychology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel;2. Yaniv Kanat-Maymon, Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Inter Disciplinary Center (IDC), Herzlia, Israel;3. Kaye Academic College of Education, Beer Sheva, Israel |
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| Abstract: | This paper presents and examines the first school change program focusing on violence and caring based on self-determination theory (Deci &; Ryan, 2012 Deci, E. L., &; Ryan, R. M. (2012). Overview of self-determination theory. In The Oxford handbook of human motivation (pp. 85–107). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. [Google Scholar]). The program aimed at promoting teachers' capacity to cope with violence and enhance caring without becoming more controlling. Comparisons of the effects of a 22-month-long program in three intervention schools and three control schools indicated that the program (a) reduced violent student behavior and controlling teacher behavior and (b) enhanced caring student behavior and active teacher response to violence. The results suggest that exposure to self-determination theory (SDT) concepts may promote a firm, yet non-controlling, teacher response to violence. More generally, the results highlight the potential for incorporating SDT ideas in violence reduction programs. |
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| Keywords: | Autonomy caring among students controlling teacher behavior intervention program motivation school violence self determination theory |
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