Stress and Basic Need Satisfaction of First-Year Healthcare Professional Students

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to report a study in which central propositions from the job demands-resources (JD-R) theory and self-determination theory (SDT) are used to examine the antecedents of performance during practical internships. The central hypothesis of this study was that job resources foster performance through basic need satisfaction and work engagement (sequential mediation).Design/methodology/approachAn empirical multi-source study among Dutch interns and their supervisors in various occupational sectors. The interns reported their level of resources, basic needs satisfaction and work engagement, whereas supervisors rated interns’ task performance (n=1,188 unique supervisor–intern dyads).FindingsThis study integrates insights of the JD-R theory – by examining the relations between job resources, work engagement and performance – with a central premise of the SDT – which maintains that basic need satisfaction is the fundamental process through which employees’ optimal functioning can be understood. The outcomes of the path analyses revealed that satisfaction of needs indeed accounted for the relationship between job resources and work engagement as supposed in the SDT (Deci and Ryan, 2000). Further, the sequential mediated relation between job resources and performance through basic need satisfaction and work engagement corroborates the JD-R theory (Bakker and Demerouti, 2014).Originality/valueAs far as the authors know, this is the first study that examined the sequential mediation from job resources to performance via basic need satisfaction and work engagement, among a large sample of intern–supervisor dyads, including the objective performance rating of their (internship) supervisors.

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Mindfulness-based self-care education for healthcare professional students in Japan

International Journal of Whole Person Care ◽

10.26443/ijwpc.v7i1.228 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 36

Author(s):

Yusuke Takamiya ◽

Shizuma Tsuchiya

Keyword(s):

Healthcare Professional ◽

Professional Training ◽

Self Care ◽

Care Program ◽

The Body ◽

University Education ◽

High Rate ◽

First Year ◽

Professional Students ◽

Care Education

[Background] Recent studies have consistently shown that medical students experience a high rate of psychological symptoms. In this situation, teaching mindfulness in medical school has the potential to prevent student burnout. However, there are few consistent educational programs in medical schools throughout Japan.[Method] Since 2015, Showa University (Tokyo) has practiced an intensive self-care program based on mindfulness for 600 first-year healthcare professional students in the schools of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and rehabilitation. The target objectives of this program were as follows: understand the needs of self-care, enhance self-awareness, evaluate evidence of mindfulness for mental diseases, and practice formal/informal mindfulness-based activities. This program consisted of a 90-minute lecture, followed by consecutive reflective activities, including completing personal journals and portfolios. The students were required to plan how to make use of what they learned in this course. The students were asked to complete a questionnaire upon completion of the course.[Results] The questionnaire indicated that more than 90% of the students were satisfied with the program, and about 25% started regular mindfulness-based practices such as meditation and breathing methods aimed to reduce test anxiety. Descriptions from the e-portfolio showed that the participants understood evitable stressors and the importance of the body-mind relationship.[Conclusion] Mindfulness-based self-care education can encourage healthcare students to understand the necessity of self-care during the early stages of their professional training. This program for the first year students will be followed by a course on Professionalism for healthcare professional students during their subsequent years of university education.

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Peran Parental Structure terhadap Basic Need Satisfaction pada Siswa Kelas IV-VI di Sekolah Dasar “X” Bandung

Humanitas (Jurnal Psikologi) ◽

10.28932/humanitas.v1i3.755 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 173

Author(s):

Yesika Nathasia Permadi ◽

Jane Savitri ◽

Destalya Anggrainy Mogot Pandin

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Significant Influence ◽

Basic Needs ◽

Need Satisfaction ◽

Structure Effect ◽

School Students ◽

Basic Need Satisfaction ◽

Basic Need

Based on a study of 132 elementary school students in grade IV-VI found that there is significant parental structure effect on basic need satisfaction (R2 = 0,277, F = 49,704, and ρ = 0,000). Parental structure also has a significant influence on the three components of basic need satisfaction, namely need for autonomy (ρ = 0,000, F = 22,495), need for competence (ρ = 0,000, F = 45,106) and need for relatedness (ρ = 0,000, F = 21,091). Suggestions for research that will conduct further research are expected to undertake research on the influence of parental structures on basic need satisfaction using a wider coverage of respondents. In addition, the researcher proposes to the school to make a psychoeducation program with material related to the role of parental structures on the basic needs of satisfaction.

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Perceived Health Care Climate of Older People Attending an Exercise Program: Validation of the German Short Version of the Health Care Climate Questionnaire

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity ◽

10.1123/japa.2018-0350 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 276-286 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Andreas Heissel ◽

Anou Pietrek ◽

Michael A. Rapp ◽

Stephan Heinzel ◽

Geoffrey Williams

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Older Adults ◽

Health Care ◽

Older People ◽

Exercise Program ◽

Psychological Needs ◽

Need Satisfaction ◽

Basic Psychological Needs ◽

Basic Need Satisfaction ◽

Basic Need

The role of perceived need support from exercise professionals in improving mental health was examined in a sample of older adults, thereby validating the short Health Care Climate Questionnaire. A total of 491 older people (M = 72.68 years; SD = 5.47) attending a health exercise program participated in this study. Cronbach’s alpha was found to be high (α = .90). Satisfaction with the exercise professional correlated moderately with the short Health Care Climate Questionnaire mean value (r = .38; p < .01). The mediator analyses yielded support for the self-determination theory process model in older adults by showing both basic need satisfaction and frustration as mediating variables between perceived autonomy support and depressive symptoms. The short Health Care Climate Questionnaire is an economical instrument for assessing basic need satisfaction provided by the exercise therapist from the participant’s perspective. Furthermore, this cross-sectional study supported the link from coaching style to the satisfaction/frustration of basic psychological needs, which in turn, predicted mental health. Analyses of criterion validity suggest a revision of the construct by integrating need frustration.

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