“…Most likely, this is because one of the core concepts of autonomous functioningawareness of self -has been related to higher inhibitory-control which is necessary for executive functioning in school-related tasks (Oberle, Schonert-Reichl, Lawlor, & Thomson, 2012). Furthermore, a few diary studies which have been conducted so far have shown that daily autonomous functioning, as reflected through autonomous motivation (Bartholomew, Ntoumanis, Ryan, Bosch, & Thogersen-Ntoumani, 2011;Gagné, Ryan, & Bargmann, 2003) or through daily need satisfaction (Bartholomew et al, 2011), relates positively to well-being in adolescents (Gagné et al, 2003) or young adults (Moller, Deci, & Elliot, 2010;Reis, Sheldon, Gable, Roscoe, & Ryan, 2000;Sheldon & Niemiec, 2006;Sheldon, Ryan, & Reis, 1996).…”