scholarly journals Distance learning in higher education during COVID-19: The role of basic psychological needs and intrinsic motivation for persistence and procrastination–a multi-country study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0257346
Author(s):  
Elisabeth R. Pelikan ◽  
Selma Korlat ◽  
Julia Reiter ◽  
Julia Holzer ◽  
Martin Mayerhofer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Learning Behavior ◽  
Basic Need Satisfaction ◽  
Social Relatedness ◽  
Basic Need ◽  
Motivation And Learning

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher educational institutions worldwide switched to emergency distance learning in early 2020. The less structured environment of distance learning forced students to regulate their learning and motivation more independently. According to self-determination theory (SDT), satisfaction of the three basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence and social relatedness affects intrinsic motivation, which in turn relates to more active or passive learning behavior. As the social context plays a major role for basic need satisfaction, distance learning may impair basic need satisfaction and thus intrinsic motivation and learning behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between basic need satisfaction and procrastination and persistence in the context of emergency distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in a cross-sectional study. We also investigated the mediating role of intrinsic motivation in this relationship. Furthermore, to test the universal importance of SDT for intrinsic motivation and learning behavior under these circumstances in different countries, we collected data in Europe, Asia and North America. A total of N = 15,462 participants from Albania, Austria, China, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Japan, Kosovo, Lithuania, Poland, Malta, North Macedonia, Romania, Sweden, and the US answered questions regarding perceived competence, autonomy, social relatedness, intrinsic motivation, procrastination, persistence, and sociodemographic background. Our results support SDT’s claim of universality regarding the relation between basic psychological need fulfilment, intrinsic motivation, procrastination, and persistence. However, whereas perceived competence had the highest direct effect on procrastination and persistence, social relatedness was mainly influential via intrinsic motivation.

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

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-286 ◽  
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.

scholarly journals EXPLORING BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION UNIVERSITY LECTURERS’ WORK MOTIVATION, BASIC NEED SATISFACTION AND ENGAGEMENT RELATIONSHIP

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
pp. 688-697
Author(s):  
Samson Onyeluka Chukwuedo ◽  
Jane Nwakaego Egbri
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Need Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Need

The link between basic psychological needs satisfaction of employees and their engagement in other administrative organizations is relatively established. However, there is a paucity of research findings regarding this link in the educational organizations in general, and vocational education in particular. This research, therefore, determined the relations between work-related basic need satisfaction (WBNS), work engagement, and work motivation in aspects of vocational education. The participants were 299 business and technical education lecturers of the vocational education programme in Nigeria universities. The research utilized three scales, which were embedded in a questionnaire for data collection. The face and construct validity of the scales were established. Data analyses were performed with correlation, and regression of paths by applying 2000 re-samples bias-corrected (BC) bootstrapping method. The result revealed a significant positive WBNS-motivation, WBNS-engagement, and motivation-engagement relations. However, work motivation could not mediate the link in the research model. Keywords: basic need satisfaction, work engagement, work motivation, vocational education lecturers

Bisogni psicologici e valori nella professione infermieristica

2009 ◽  
pp. 91-106
Author(s):  
Ada Taratufolo ◽  
Susanna Pallini
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Nurse Executives ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Basic Need Satisfaction ◽  
Local Health Facility ◽  
Basic Need

- This paper studies basic need satisfaction of competence, autonomy and relatedness (Deci & Ryan, 2000) and professional values in 232 subjects from the 102 Viterbo local health facility (ASL): 110 nursing students, 102 nurses and 20 nurses executives, assuming both the existence of relationships between need satisfaction and values and the career level had a significant effect on satisfaction and motivations. For this purpose the Basic Psychological Needs Scale (ad. It. Szadejko, 2003) and the Value Based Motivation Assessment Scale (Pallini and Laghi, in press) have been used. Prosociality and security resulted predominant, while competitiveness, autonomy and hedonism were scarcely represented. The growing professionalism of nurses would explain the evaluation of epistemic interest. In a statistically significant way nursing students value safety, belonging, cooperation and prosociality, nurses and nurse executives novelties and nurse executives competition. Student nurses perceive themselves as more satisfied in their psychological needs. Basic need satisfaction resulted to be closely linked with value of prosociality, cooperation and belonging.

scholarly journals Materialism and Well–Being in the Uk and Chile: Basic Need Satisfaction and Basic Need Frustration as Underlying Psychological Processes

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 569-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenceslao Unanue ◽  
Helga Dittmar ◽  
Vivian L. Vignoles ◽  
Maarten Vansteenkiste
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Consumer Society ◽  
Explanatory Role ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Need Frustration ◽  
Basic Need

A growing body of evidence shows that materialistic values are linked to lower well–being. Self–determination theory offers an explanation through the low fulfilment of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. However, recent research suggests that frustration of these psychological needs may also play an additional role. Using structural equation modelling in adult samples from an established mass–consumer society (UK: N = 958) and a fast–developing new economy (Chile: N = 257) and employing more comprehensive measures to tap into a materialistic orientation than used in previous studies, we found that a materialistic value orientation related negatively to well–being and positively to ill–being and that both psychological need satisfaction and psychological need frustration played an explanatory role herein. The model was found to be highly equivalent across both samples, supporting the cross–cultural generality of the mechanisms involved. Copyright © 2014 European Association of Personality Psychology

scholarly journals Implicit Motives and Basic Need Satisfaction in Extreme Endurance Sports

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Schüler ◽  
Mirko Wegner ◽  
Beat Knechtle
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Endurance Athletes ◽  
Implicit Motives ◽  
Flow Experience ◽  
Main Study ◽  
Social Relatedness ◽  
Affiliation Motives

Previous research has shown that the effects of basic psychological needs on the flow experience in sports are moderated by implicit motives. However, so far, only leisure and health-oriented sports have been analyzed. In a pilot study and a main study (N = 29, 93), we tested whether the implicit achievement and affiliation motives interact with the need for competence and the need for social relatedness satisfaction, respectively, to predict flow experience and well-being in extreme endurance athletes. Results showed that highly achievement-motivated individuals benefited more from the need for competence satisfaction in terms of flow than individuals with a low achievement motive did. In addition, highly affiliation-motivated individuals whose need for social relatedness is satisfied reported higher positive affect and lower exercise addiction scores than athletes with a low motive. We discuss the differential effects of the interplay between the achievement and affiliation motives and basic needs on different outcome variables.

scholarly journals How Can We Improve Teacher’s Work Engagement? Based on Chinese Experiences

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danhui Zhang ◽  
Jingwen He ◽  
Dingmeng Fu
Keyword(s):  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Teacher Autonomy ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽  
Perceived Autonomy Support

Drawing on Self-Determination Theory, the current study analysed the relationship between teachers’ perceived autonomy support and work engagement while it also explored the mediating effect of basic psychological need satisfaction and intrinsic motivation. The study investigated 520 elementary teachers in Beijing, and we found the following: (1) teachers in different groups reported diverse senses of perceived autonomy support, in that teachers with less teaching experience as well as those with a master’s degree have a higher score regarding the perceptions of teacher autonomy; and (2) teacher autonomy can affect work engagement not only in terms of the satisfaction of basic psychological needs but also by the chain of satisfaction of basic psychological needs and intrinsic motivation. Teachers with more autonomy support will have higher basic psychological need satisfaction and stronger teaching motivation, which will further enhance their work engagement.

How Transformational Leadership Supports Intrinsic Motivation and Public Service Motivation: The Mediating Role of Basic Need Satisfaction

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 535-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrich Thy Jensen ◽  
Louise Ladegaard Bro
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Equation Modeling

Motivating public service employees to greater effort is a key issue for managers and scholars. Transformational leadership concerns behaviors to develop, share, and sustain a vision for the organization and has been suggested as an important lever in this respect. However, we know little about the processes by which transformational leadership may stimulate work motivation. Integrating transformational leadership, public service motivation (PSM), and self-determination theory, this article sheds light on the psychological mechanisms underlying the motivational effects of transformational leadership. According to structural equation modeling, the relationships between transformational leadership and two types of autonomous work motivation—intrinsic motivation and PSM—are mediated by the satisfaction of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Our findings support the claim that the motivational effects of transformational leadership are mediated by need satisfaction, but also that satisfaction of individual needs is not equally important for intrinsic motivation and PSM, respectively.

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