%0 Journal Article
%T The Role of School Culture and Basic Psychological Needs on Iranian AdolescentsĄŻ Academic Alienation: A Multi
%A Hojjat Mahmoudi
%A Javad Amani Saribagloo
%A Monica R. Brown
%A Shiva Dadashzadeh
%J Youth & Society
%@ 1552-8499
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0044118X15593668
%X This aim of this current research was a multi-level analysis of the relationship between school culture, basic psychological needs, and adolescentsĄŻ academic alienation. One thousand twenty-nine (N = 1,029) high school students from Qom City were randomly selected through a multi-phase cluster sampling method and answered questions regarding academic alienation, school culture, and basic psychological needs. Using HLM software for data analysis, the findings revealed that individual-level basic psychological needs had a negative and significant effect on academic alienation. Regarding school level, the effects of student¨Cteacher relationship and educational opportunity on the academic alienation were negative and significant. In general, research findings emphasized the importance of studying multi-level factor roles and their relationship to academic alienation
%K academic alienation
%K basic psychological needs
%K school culture
%K self-determination theory
%K adolescence
%K hierarchical linear models
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0044118X15593668