RT Journal Article T1 Exploring (de-)motivating teaching profiles from a fine-grained directiveness approach: Differences in students’ need-based experiences A1 Diloy-Peña, Sergio A1 García-González, Luis A1 Haerens, Leen A1 De Cocker, Katrien A1 Burgueño, Rafael A1 Abós, Ángel K1 Investigación activa en educación K1 Profesores de educación física AB The aim was to examine how structuring and controlling approaches (high directiveness), and autonomy-supportive and chaotic approaches (low directiveness) were combined and related to students’ needs in physical education. In a sample of 1124 secondary school students, this cross-sectional study conducted two sets of profile analyses, respectively for high and low directiveness, were conducted. The latent profile analyses (LPA) revealed four high-directiveness profiles, with “very high structure-very high control” being the most adaptive and “low structure–low control” the most maladaptive in terms of need-based experiences. Four low directiveness profiles were identified, with “very high autonomy support-very low chaos” being the most adaptive and “low autonomy support-moderate chaos” the most maladaptive. PB Elsevier YR 2025 FD 2025 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/45774 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/45774 LA eng NO Diloy-Peña, S., García-González, L., Haerens, L., De Cocker, K., Burgueño, R., & Abós, Á. (2025). Exploring (de-)motivating teaching profiles from a fine-grained directiveness approach: Differences in students’ need-based experiences. Teaching and Teacher Education, 159(June), 105003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2025.105003 DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 17 mar 2026