The Effects of Self-determined Motivation and Autonomy Support on Advisers and Members of a Journalism Student Organization

This study examined the self-determined motivation and autonomy support reported by student members and advisers of a journalism organization. At the student level, self-determined motivation and autonomy support predicted psychological need-satisfaction, which predicted students' ratings of the organization and the adviser. At the adviser level, higher levels of autonomy support and self-determined motivation predicted the advisers' ratings of how positively they thought their students would rate the organization, the adviser, and the students' psychological need-satisfaction. However, an examination of 357 adviser-student dyads found that advisers were overestimating how their students felt about their experiences in the organization.

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