Heino Sildala's research while affiliated with University of Tartu and other places

... However, some research reported that boys perceived more autonomy support and structure than girls (Viira and Koka, 2010), while other studies revealed that girls perceived more structure than boys (Burgueño and Medina-Casaubón, 2021;Leo et al., 2022). Similarly, other studies reported no gender differences in perceptions of controlling style (Abós et al., 2022;Koka and Sildala, 2018). Nevertheless, despite findings in other studies indicating that boys perceive more controlling and chaotic styles than girls (Burgueño and Medina-Casaubón, 2021;Leo et al., 2022), another study reported that girls, rather than boys, perceived their PE teachers as having a more controlling style (De Meyer et al., 2014). ...