Summary Study by uOttawa researchers finds positively moving on from a break-up is easier for both ex-partners if the initiator was autonomy-supportive during the break-up; Being “autonomy-supportive” ...

Parental autonomy support refers to parenting practices that encourage adolescents to make their own choices, express their viewpoints and develop self-regulation. Grounded in self-determination ...

Most parents of a certain age, myself included, had to learn to be independent growing up. Many households needed two incomes to sustain themselves, leaving children alone to fend for themselves when ...

Autonomy-supportive individuals avoid guilt, shame, threats, or conditional approval as motivational tools. They communicate confidence in the other person’s capacity to decide and act competently. In ...