DREAMS Parent Webinar: Supporting Adolescents Through Stress, Motivation, and Change
On 5 November 2025, DREAMS hosted a parent webinar that brought together researchers and parents to talk openly about some of the most common challenges adolescents face today—from test anxiety and academic stress to motivation, screen time, and parent–child communication.
Journal Article: How parents and teachers shape students’ motivation through autonomy support
Why do some students feel motivated and engaged in school, while others feel pressured or disconnected—especially as academic demands increase during adolescence?
In Associations between parents’ and teachers’ autonomy support and the bifactor model of academic motivation, Dr Wong Zi Yang and colleagues examine how the ways parents and teachers interact with students influence their motivation…