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This research aims to understand how psychological need satisfaction and behavioral engagement influence each other, focusing on the role of teacher control.

July 2, 2026Journal of Educational PsychologyOpen Access

Psychological need satisfaction and behavioral engagement reciprocally enhance each other—Unless one’s teacher is perceived to be highly controlling.

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This research aims to understand how psychological need satisfaction and behavioral engagement influence each other, focusing on the role of teacher control.
Within-subjects research design assessing reciprocal effects across three perceived teacher control levels.
Involved 2,690 Korean secondary school students reporting experiences over three waves during an 18-week semester.
Utilized random intercept-cross-lagged panel model analysis to evaluate relationships.
Confirmed reciprocal relations between need satisfaction and behavioral engagement in low and moderate teacher control conditions.
High teacher control moderated these relations, inhibiting the positive effects of behavioral engagement on need satisfaction.
Indicated the need for caution when relying on teacher control to promote student engagement.

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Randomized trial reveals that psychological need satisfaction and behavioral engagement enhance each other, but high teacher control complicates this relationship.

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Jang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a45ff6f9ed134303130fd11 https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0001048

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Randomized trial reveals that psychological need satisfaction and behavioral engagement enhance each other, but high teacher control complicates this relationship.

Psychological need satisfaction and behavioral engagement reciprocally enhance each other—Unless one’s teacher is perceived to be highly controlling.

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Psychological need satisfaction and behavioral engagement reciprocally enhance each other—Unless one’s teacher is perceived to be highly controlling.

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