Materialism and well-being among Chinese college students: The mediating role of basic psychological need satisfaction

We aimed to determine the extent to which the 3 dimensions of basic psychological need satisfaction (i.e., autonomy, competence, and relatedness) explain the association between supervisory mentoring and newcomers' work engagement. Participants were 438 work newcomers living in a large coastal city in eastern China. We assessed supervisory mentoring, basic psychological need satisfaction, and work engagement in 3 time waves, each spaced 1 month apart. Findings indicated that supervisory mentoring was positively related to newcomers' work engagement, and that this relationship was mediated by the 3 dimensions (need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness) of basic psychological need satisfaction. This provides a perspective for supervisors to improve newcomers' work engagement by enhancing the satisfaction of their basic needs.

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The Associations Between Happiness Motives and Well-Being in China: The Mediating Role of Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02198 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Li Lin ◽

Hoi-Wing Chan

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Need Satisfaction ◽

Psychological Need ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Psychological Need Satisfaction

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Does Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction Matter to College Students’ Sustained Volunteering? A Mixed-Methods Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph182413229 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (24) ◽

pp. 13229

Author(s):

Shuang Zheng ◽

Meilin Yao ◽

Lifan Zhang ◽

Jing Li ◽

Huilin Xing

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Mixed Methods ◽

College Student ◽

Need Satisfaction ◽

Psychological Need ◽

Low Profile ◽

Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽

Student Volunteers ◽

Psychological Need Satisfaction

Based on the self-determination theory (SDT), this study used a mixed-methods (i.e., quantitative and qualitative approaches) design to explore the role of basic psychological need satisfaction (BPNS) played in sustained volunteering. Quantitative analysis of 803 college student volunteers revealed that competence and relatedness need satisfaction had significant associations with sustained volunteering, while autonomy need satisfaction did not. Furthermore, latent profile analyses identified five profiles of BPNS: low (Profile 1), relatively low (Profile 2), moderate (Profile 3), low autonomy-high competence and relatedness (Profile 4), and high (Profile 5). Volunteers in Profile 4 and Profile 5 reported higher sustained volunteering than those in other profiles. Subsequent qualitative synthesis of interview data from 33 college student volunteers found that competence need satisfaction (45.58%) was mentioned most frequently among the factors promoting sustained volunteering, then followed by relatedness (27.43%) and autonomy need satisfaction (11.06%). These findings highlight the important role of BPNS, especially competence and relatedness need satisfaction, in promoting college students’ long-term volunteering.

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