Mother's Autonomy Support: Examining the Predictors and Outcomes in the Light of the Self-Determination Theory

Abstract

Autonomy support is one of the basic socialization mechanisms that support the child's development. Although the mediating role of autonomy support between familial and marital variables has been tested in previous studies, this relationship has not been examined in terms of mother- and adolescent-reported basic psychological needs. Therefore, in the light of self-determination theory, the main purpose of the present study was to examine the mediating role of the maternal autonomy support (both mother- and adolescent-reported) between the mother's basic psychological need satisfaction and the adolescent's basic psychological need satisfaction. A total of 243 mother (Mage = 44.99, SD = 5.66) and adolescent (51% girls; Mage = 15.48, SD = 1.87) dyads participated in the study. Demographic Information Form, Children's Perceptions of Parents Scale, and Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale were used for data collection. The PROCESS Macro was used to test the mediating role of mother- and adolescent-reported maternal autonomy support. Accordingly, it was found that the adolescent-reported maternal autonomy support played a significant mediating role in relation between the mother's basic psychological need satisfaction and the adolescent's basic psychological need satisfaction. The mediator role of the mother's autonomy support in the relationship between the mother's basic psychological needs satisfaction and the adolescent's basic psychological need satisfaction was not found significant. The findings revealed only the mediating role of the adolescent's perceived autonomy support in the relationship between the mother's basic psychological need satisfaction and the adolescent's basic psychological need satisfaction. Research findings were discussed in the light of the self-determination theory.

Keywords

• Adolescence
• autonomy support
• basic psychological need satisfaction
• self-determination theory

Ethical Statement

This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the host university (Approval number: 35853172/433-515).

Annenin Özerklik Desteği: Öncülleri ve Sonuçlarının Kendini Belirleme Kuramı Işığında İncelenmesi

Abstract

Özerklik desteği, çocuğun gelişimini destekleyen temel sosyalleştirme mekanizmalarından biridir. Daha önce yapılan çalışmalarda özerklik desteğinin, aile ve evlilik ilişkisi ile ilgili değişkenler arasındaki aracı rolü test edilmiş olsa da bu ilişki hem anne hem de ergen bildirimine dayalı temel psikolojik ihtiyaçlar temelinde incelenmemiştir. Bu bağlamda, araştırmanın temel amacı, kendini belirleme kuramı ışığında, annenin özerklik desteğinin (hem anne hem ergen bildirimi), annenin temel psikolojik ihtiyaç doyumu ile ergenin temel psikolojik ihtiyaç doyumu arasındaki aracı rolünü incelemektir. Araştırmaya toplamda 243 anne (Ortyaş = 44.99, S = 5.66) ve ergen (%51 kız; Ortyaş = 15.48, S = 1.87) çifti katılmıştır. Veri toplama amacı ile Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Çocukların Ebeveyn Algısı Ölçeği ve Temel Psikolojik İhtiyaç Doyumu Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Anne ve ergen bildirimine dayalı annenin özerklik desteğinin aracı rolünü test etmek amacıyla PROCESS Macro eklentisi kullanılmıştır. Buna göre, ergen bildirimine dayalı annenin özerklik desteğinin, annenin temel psikolojik ihtiyaç doyumu ile ergenin temel psikolojik ihtiyaç doyumu arasında aracı rol oynadığı bulunmuştur. Annenin özerklik desteğinin, annenin temel psikolojik ihtiyaç doyumu ile ergenin temel psikolojik ihtiyaç doyumu arasındaki ilişkideki aracı rolü ise anlamlı bulunmamıştır. Bulgular, sadece ergenin algıladığı özerklik desteğinin, annenin temel psikolojik ihtiyaç doyumu ile ergenin temel psikolojik ihtiyaç doyumu arasındaki ilişkideki aracı rolünü ortaya koymuştur. Araştırma bulguları, kendini belirleme kuramı ışığında tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

• Ergenlik
• kendini belirleme kuramı
• özerklik desteği
• temel psikolojik ihtiyaç doyumu

Ethical Statement

Bu çalışma ev sahibi üniversitenin Etik Kurulu tarafından onaylanmıştır (Onay numarası: 35853172/433-515).

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