Martin Dowson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1567541 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Dowson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Dowson |
| SIGNATURE | DOWSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Excelsia University College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cultivating Ambidexterity Through a Paradox Pedagogy
The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report highlights the importance of innovative problem-solving skills. Paradox literature suggests that managing tensions between competing exploration and exploitation demands, or ambidexterity, is essential in innovation contexts such as these. Yet little is known about how to design learning experiences that cultivate an ambidextrous mindset and behaviors. This mixed-methods study developed and evaluat…
Development of a Measure of Attachment to God for Muslims
Attachment to God has received theoretical and theological warrant for its applicability to Christian and Muslim populations. However, existing measures of attachment to God have been developed within Christian contexts and do not necessarily constitute the best instruments for measuring attachment to God amongst Muslims. This paper addresses the lack of a religiously sensitive measure of attachment to God amongst Muslims by describing the develo…
Incremental validity of spiritual resources in the job demands-resources model
Spirituality and work engagement among church leaders
Much research attention has been given to the mental health problems of church leaders, but relatively few studies have investigated positive indicators of clergy mental health at work, such as work engagement. This paper examines spiritual resources and job resources as key antecedents of work engagement. In contrast, job demands were examined as a moderator of the relationship between resources and work engagement. Hypotheses were framed within…
Interacting religious orientations and personal well-being among Australian Church leaders
This study examines the relationship between religious orientation and personal well-being (PWB) among 1289 Australian church leaders. The study is of interest because although religion and religiousness in general have been found to be positive contributors to important variables (such as well-being and satisfaction with life), particular orientations towards religion, and their interaction, may moderate the positive effects of religion on these…
Attachment to God, Psychological Need Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being among Christians
Human attachment relationships are considered to be foundational to psychological well-being (Fonagy, 1999; Warren, Huston, Egeland, & Sroufe, 1997) and, by extension, attachment to God is often considered foundational to psychological well-being amongst Christian believers (Kirkpatrick, 1999; Miner, 2009). However, studies of psychological need satisfaction by different attachment figures (La Guardia, Ryan, Couchman, & Deci, 2000) suggest that e…
Spiritual attachment in Islam and Christianity
Theory and measurement of attachment to God have largely been developed from a western Christian perspective. However, the relevance of the attachment construct for Muslims should be examined if it is to contribute to a greater understanding of Islamic spirituality and psychological health. In this paper, we explore similarities and differences between Islamic and Christian understandings of human-divine relationships. We consider evidence of a c…
Spiritual Satisfaction of Basic Psychological Needs and Psychological Health
According to Self Determination Theory, psychological health and well-being depend on the satisfaction of basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Significant others differentially contribute to the perceived satisfaction of basic psychological needs. God is a significant Other for Christians, but there is no published research investigating perceptions of God meeting basic psychological needs. This paper considers psy…
Spiritual Experiences Reconsidered
Attempts to develop a conceptual integration of psychology and theology typically encounter difficulties at the level of ontological and epistemological presuppositions. Our proposal to overcome some of these difficulties is to begin an attempt at integration with spiritual experiences-particularly experiences of being in an attachment relationship with God. Accounts of experiences of relationship with God are analyzed using the method of relatio…
Interpersonal Relationships, Motivation, Engagement, and Achievement
In this review, we scope the role of interpersonal relationships in students’ academic motivation, engagement, and achievement. We argue that achievement motivation theory, current issues, and educational practice can be conceptualized in relational terms. Influential theorizing, including attribution theory, expectancy-value theory, goal theory, self-determination theory, self-efficacy theory, and self-worth motivation theory, is reviewed in the…
The Work Tasks Motivation Scale for Teachers (WTMST)
The authors developed and validated a measure of teachers' motivation toward specific work tasks: The Work Tasks Motivation Scale for Teachers (WTMST). The WTMST is designed to assess five motivational constructs toward six work tasks (e.g., class preparation, teaching). The authors conducted a preliminary ( n = 42) and a main study among elementary and high school teachers ( n = 609) to develop and validate the scale. Overall, results from the m…
Representations of relatedness with parents and friends and autonomous academic motivation during the late adolescence-early adulthood period
Background The literature on the determinants of academic motivation indicates that social and affective processes connected to students' interpersonal relationships are central elements in understanding students' academic motivation and other school-related outcomes.Aims The aim of this study was to answer the following questions: Does autonomous motivation drive representations of relatedness, do representations of relatedness drive autonomous …
The Nature and Structure of Muslim Religious Reflection
Muslims are often stereotyped as having rigid, fundamentalist attitudes. To date, studies have not examined the degree to which Muslims endorse a questing approach to religion, thus displaying openness to the exploration of religious practices and beliefs. A sample of 123 Australian Muslims and 74 Malaysian Muslims completed questionnaires including measures of: questing, as measured by Batson and Schoenrade's 12-item Quest scale (1991b) Batson, …
Facilitating Conditions for School Motivation
Elementary students ( n = 277, in Grades 5-6) and high school students ( n = 615, in Grades 7-12) responded to 26 items of McInerney’s Facilitating Conditions Questionnaire (FCQ). Confirmatory factor analyses of the FCQ found seven distinct factors underlying these items. These were perceived value of schooling (Value), affect toward schooling (Affect), peer positive academic climate (Peer Positive), parent positive academic climate (Parent Posit…
Motivations and profiles of cooperating teachers
For What Should Theological Colleges Educate? A Systematic Investigation of Ministry Education Perceptions and Priorities
The Development and Validation of the Goal Orientation and Learning Strategies Survey (Goals-S)
This article outlines the construction and validation of the Goal Orientation and Learning Strategies Survey (GOALS-S). This 84-item survey was designed to measure students’ motivational goal orientations and their cognitive and metacognitive strategies. Results of first-order confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) supported the factorial validity of the GOALS-S scales measuring students’ goals and strategies (with goodness-of-fit indices in post-ho…
Motivations and profiles of cooperating teachers
Representations of relatedness with parents and friends and autonomous academic motivation during the late adolescence-early adulthood period
Background The literature on the determinants of academic motivation indicates that social and affective processes connected to students' interpersonal relationships are central elements in understanding students' academic motivation and other school-related outcomes.Aims The aim of this study was to answer the following questions: Does autonomous motivation drive representations of relatedness, do representations of relatedness drive autonomous …
Development of a Measure of Attachment to God for Muslims
Attachment to God has received theoretical and theological warrant for its applicability to Christian and Muslim populations. However, existing measures of attachment to God have been developed within Christian contexts and do not necessarily constitute the best instruments for measuring attachment to God amongst Muslims. This paper addresses the lack of a religiously sensitive measure of attachment to God amongst Muslims by describing the develo…
The Development and Validation of the Goal Orientation and Learning Strategies Survey (Goals-S)
This article outlines the construction and validation of the Goal Orientation and Learning Strategies Survey (GOALS-S). This 84-item survey was designed to measure students’ motivational goal orientations and their cognitive and metacognitive strategies. Results of first-order confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) supported the factorial validity of the GOALS-S scales measuring students’ goals and strategies (with goodness-of-fit indices in post-ho…
Facilitating Conditions for School Motivation
Elementary students ( n = 277, in Grades 5-6) and high school students ( n = 615, in Grades 7-12) responded to 26 items of McInerney’s Facilitating Conditions Questionnaire (FCQ). Confirmatory factor analyses of the FCQ found seven distinct factors underlying these items. These were perceived value of schooling (Value), affect toward schooling (Affect), peer positive academic climate (Peer Positive), parent positive academic climate (Parent Posit…
Motivations and profiles of cooperating teachers
For What Should Theological Colleges Educate? A Systematic Investigation of Ministry Education Perceptions and Priorities
The Nature and Structure of Muslim Religious Reflection
Muslims are often stereotyped as having rigid, fundamentalist attitudes. To date, studies have not examined the degree to which Muslims endorse a questing approach to religion, thus displaying openness to the exploration of religious practices and beliefs. A sample of 123 Australian Muslims and 74 Malaysian Muslims completed questionnaires including measures of: questing, as measured by Batson and Schoenrade's 12-item Quest scale (1991b) Batson, …
The Work Tasks Motivation Scale for Teachers (WTMST)
The authors developed and validated a measure of teachers' motivation toward specific work tasks: The Work Tasks Motivation Scale for Teachers (WTMST). The WTMST is designed to assess five motivational constructs toward six work tasks (e.g., class preparation, teaching). The authors conducted a preliminary ( n = 42) and a main study among elementary and high school teachers ( n = 609) to develop and validate the scale. Overall, results from the m…
Representations of relatedness with parents and friends and autonomous academic motivation during the late adolescence-early adulthood period
Background The literature on the determinants of academic motivation indicates that social and affective processes connected to students' interpersonal relationships are central elements in understanding students' academic motivation and other school-related outcomes.Aims The aim of this study was to answer the following questions: Does autonomous motivation drive representations of relatedness, do representations of relatedness drive autonomous …
Interpersonal Relationships, Motivation, Engagement, and Achievement
In this review, we scope the role of interpersonal relationships in students’ academic motivation, engagement, and achievement. We argue that achievement motivation theory, current issues, and educational practice can be conceptualized in relational terms. Influential theorizing, including attribution theory, expectancy-value theory, goal theory, self-determination theory, self-efficacy theory, and self-worth motivation theory, is reviewed in the…
Spiritual Experiences Reconsidered
Attempts to develop a conceptual integration of psychology and theology typically encounter difficulties at the level of ontological and epistemological presuppositions. Our proposal to overcome some of these difficulties is to begin an attempt at integration with spiritual experiences-particularly experiences of being in an attachment relationship with God. Accounts of experiences of relationship with God are analyzed using the method of relatio…
Spiritual Satisfaction of Basic Psychological Needs and Psychological Health
According to Self Determination Theory, psychological health and well-being depend on the satisfaction of basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Significant others differentially contribute to the perceived satisfaction of basic psychological needs. God is a significant Other for Christians, but there is no published research investigating perceptions of God meeting basic psychological needs. This paper considers psy…
Attachment to God, Psychological Need Satisfaction, and Psychological Well-Being among Christians
Human attachment relationships are considered to be foundational to psychological well-being (Fonagy, 1999; Warren, Huston, Egeland, & Sroufe, 1997) and, by extension, attachment to God is often considered foundational to psychological well-being amongst Christian believers (Kirkpatrick, 1999; Miner, 2009). However, studies of psychological need satisfaction by different attachment figures (La Guardia, Ryan, Couchman, & Deci, 2000) suggest that e…
Spiritual attachment in Islam and Christianity
Theory and measurement of attachment to God have largely been developed from a western Christian perspective. However, the relevance of the attachment construct for Muslims should be examined if it is to contribute to a greater understanding of Islamic spirituality and psychological health. In this paper, we explore similarities and differences between Islamic and Christian understandings of human-divine relationships. We consider evidence of a c…
Incremental validity of spiritual resources in the job demands-resources model
Spirituality and work engagement among church leaders
Much research attention has been given to the mental health problems of church leaders, but relatively few studies have investigated positive indicators of clergy mental health at work, such as work engagement. This paper examines spiritual resources and job resources as key antecedents of work engagement. In contrast, job demands were examined as a moderator of the relationship between resources and work engagement. Hypotheses were framed within…
Interacting religious orientations and personal well-being among Australian Church leaders
This study examines the relationship between religious orientation and personal well-being (PWB) among 1289 Australian church leaders. The study is of interest because although religion and religiousness in general have been found to be positive contributors to important variables (such as well-being and satisfaction with life), particular orientations towards religion, and their interaction, may moderate the positive effects of religion on these…
Development of a Measure of Attachment to God for Muslims
Attachment to God has received theoretical and theological warrant for its applicability to Christian and Muslim populations. However, existing measures of attachment to God have been developed within Christian contexts and do not necessarily constitute the best instruments for measuring attachment to God amongst Muslims. This paper addresses the lack of a religiously sensitive measure of attachment to God amongst Muslims by describing the develo…
Cultivating Ambidexterity Through a Paradox Pedagogy
The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report highlights the importance of innovative problem-solving skills. Paradox literature suggests that managing tensions between competing exploration and exploitation demands, or ambidexterity, is essential in innovation contexts such as these. Yet little is known about how to design learning experiences that cultivate an ambidextrous mindset and behaviors. This mixed-methods study developed and evaluat…
Psychology (15 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (9 works) · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (6 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (5 works) · Structural equation modeling (5 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (4 works)