scholarly journals Level up the life!! Leisure Involvement, Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction among University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Feyza Meryem Kara ◽  
Halil Sarol
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Regular Exercise ◽  
Exercise Participation ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Leisure Involvement ◽  
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

Leisure participation, life satisfaction, and psychological needs stand out as concepts that are closely related to each other especially in exercise participation. The purpose of this study is to determine and analyze leisure involvement, basic psychological need satisfaction, and life satisfaction level concerning some variables among university students who are regular exercise participants. Study participants comprised a total of 428 university students who were regular exercise participants. The participants, who were chosen using a convenience sampling method, completed the “Modified Involvement Scale” (MIS), “Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale” (BPNES) and Life Satisfaction Scale” (LSS). T-test, MANOVA, and correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. Results indicated that the main effect of gender was significant on “MIS” “BPNES” and “LSS” in favor of male participants. There were significant effects of type of exercise in favor of individual exercise participants. Further, there were statistically significant correlations between all scales. Participation in leisure activities positively affects the person’s perspectives on all areas of life and determines the individual's feelings like autonomy, competency, and feeling more related to their lives. The findings of this study also give useful insights into exercise psychology research and provide suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals Job attitudes as a predictor of work engagement of the lecturing staff at the University of Namibia

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley R. Pieters ◽  
Ebben Van Zyl ◽  
Petrus Nel
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Job Attitudes ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Organisational Commitment ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽  
The University ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

Orientation: Engaged employees contribute to the success and productivity of an organisation. Satisfaction of basic psychological needs and organisational commitment (job attitudes) impact positively on work engagement of the lecturing staff.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of basic psychological need satisfaction and organisational commitment on work engagement of the lecturing staff.Motivation for the study: Organisations realise their objectives through their employees. When employees are not satisfied or committed at work, it can result in low levels of work engagement, absenteeism, exhaustion, cynicism, low productivity and turnover.Research approach/design and method: A cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data of the lecturing staff at the University of Namibia (n = 242). Cronbach’s alpha coefficients, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analyses were used to analyse the data.Main findings: This study found a positive relationship between basic psychological need satisfaction, organisational commitment and work engagement. Normative and affective commitment was found to be significant predictors of vigour, dedication and absorption (work engagement).Practical/managerial implications: Organisations need to include staff members in the decision-making process, allow employees to direct work-related activities, conduct team-building activities, provide training and development activities and regularly assess job satisfaction of the employees.Contribution/value-add: The novelty of this study in Namibia will add to knowledge within industrial or organisational psychology, encourage future research and guide the development of interventions.

scholarly journals Links between academic motivation, psychological need satisfaction in education, and university students' satisfaction with their study

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 567-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melita Puklek Levpušček ◽  
Anja Podlesek
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Motivational Orientation ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Students Satisfaction ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Study Choice ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

Student motivation represents an important factor in their academic performance. The present study explored university students' academic motivation across the academic year and its relationship with psychological need satisfaction in the study context and academic adjustment. Deci and Ryan's Self-Determination Theory (SDT) presents a theoretical framework of this study. 124 students participated in both waves of data collection. They answered the Academic Motivation Scale, College Version (AMS-C 28) in the fall of the academic year, and seven months later they answered the question about their certainty of study choice and completed again the AMS-C 28. Additionally, they answered the items about their psychological need satisfaction (autonomy, competence, relatedness) in the current academic year and the items about their satisfaction with the study. The results showed that all forms of academic motivation (as distributed along the SDT motivational continuum) remained highly stable within one academic year. More autonomous motivational orientation related to higher perceived satisfaction of psychological needs. Furthermore, it significantly predicted students' satisfaction with the study and certainty about the study choice. When students' satisfaction of psychological needs in the current academic year was entered into the regression model, it predicted satisfaction with the study and certainty in study choice over and above the students' level of autonomous motivation. The study showed the importance of creating learning environments that respond to students' psychological study needs.

scholarly journals Intergenerational Transmission of Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction: The Critical Role of Parental Perceptions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Kurdi ◽  
Noriaki Fukuzumi ◽  
Ryo Ishii ◽  
Ayame Tamura ◽  
Naoki Nakazato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Parental Perception ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

While studies have documented the importance of basic psychological need satisfaction in parent-child relationships, a gap remains in understanding how parental and adolescent need satisfactions are associated. Using two longitudinal intergenerational datasets (200 parent-adolescent dyads and 408 mother-adolescent dyads; two waves), the study examined whether (1) parents’ need satisfaction predicts adolescents’ need satisfaction (parental needs effect), (2) adolescents’ need satisfaction predicts parents’ need satisfaction (child’s needs effect), and (3) parental perception of adolescent’s need satisfaction, a possibly influential point of view, predicts adolescents’ need satisfaction (parental perception effect). Findings from cross-lagged path models supported only parental perception effects: parents’ T1 perception of their adolescent’s need satisfaction predicted their adolescent’s T2 self-reported need satisfaction, especially for autonomy and competence needs. Furthermore, the effects were not mediated by autonomy-supportive or controlling parenting practices. Findings highlight the importance of parents’ perceptions, which may benefit the design of new interventions on basic psychological needs.

scholarly journals Translation and Validation of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction in Active Commuting to and from School (BPNS-ACS) Scale in Young Portuguese Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (24) ◽  
pp. 13091
Author(s):  
Adilson Marques ◽  
Thiago Santos ◽  
Élvio R. Gouveia ◽  
Yolanda Demetriou ◽  
Dorothea M. I. Schönbach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Active Commuting ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

Active commuting to and from school (ACS) is a strategy to enhance physical activity levels in youths. To promote ACS, it is important to understand the factors that lead to this behaviour. With this in mind, an adaptation of the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale for ACS was developed, named the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction in Active Commuting to and from School (BPNS-ACS) scale. This study aimed to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the BPNS-ACS scale in young Portuguese students. A cross-sectional study was designed. A total of 338 students (212 girls, 126 boys), aged between 11 and 19 years old from 31 Portuguese cities participated in this study. To provide validity evidence based on the questionnaire’s internal structure, confirmatory factor analyses were performed to test the three dimensions of the BNPS-ACS scale. The results of the confirmatory factor analysis indicated an acceptable fit to the data. The internal consistency of the measures was accepted as the composite reliability values ranged from 0.78 to 0.94. The evaluation of psychometric properties provided evidence of the adequacy of this questionnaire among Portuguese youth aged 11 to 19 years old.

scholarly journals The basic psychological needs satisfaction and frustration scale at work: A validation in the Polish language

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0258948
Author(s):  
Michał Szulawski ◽  
Łukasz Baka ◽  
Monika Prusik ◽  
Anja H. Olafsen
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Organizational Studies ◽  
Occupational Groups ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
Work Domain ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

The aim of this research project was to validate the work-related version of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) into the Polish language and culture. Although studies have demonstrated the benefits associated with basic psychological need satisfaction and the costs associated with need frustration at work, the concept of needs has been neglected both in Polish scientific research and in practical organizational studies. The adaptation of the BPNSFS-Work Domain may change this situation and stimulate research in the Polish community. The scale has been validated in a sample consisting of three occupational groups: healthcare workers, education staff and customer service workers (N = 1315, Mage = 43.8). The findings suggest that the Polish scale has robust psychometric features. The CFA analysis proves that the scale has a six-dimensional structure similar to the original scale. These dimensions show satisfactory to high Cronbach’s α and McDonalds ω reliability, and high criterion validity is shown by association of the six need dimensions with correlates of both positive (i.e., engagement, job crafting and self-efficacy) and negative aspects of work (i.e., burnout and stress). The structure of the scale is the same in all three occupational groups, although the regression weights and covariances are only partially invariant. The validated version of the BPNSFS-Work Domain can be used in future basic and applied studies in the paradigm of self-determination theory.

scholarly journals Understanding the relationship between subjective health complaints and satisfaction with life for people in prevocational training in Norway

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-72
Author(s):  
Lina Harvold Ellingsen-Dalskau ◽  
Bente Berget ◽  
Gunnar Tellnes ◽  
Camilla Ihlebæk
Keyword(s):  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Health Complaints ◽  
Subjective Health Complaints ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽  
Prevocational Training ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

Background and aim: In Norway, a large part of the population is dependent on disability benefits. The main reasons for this are related to long-term musculoskeletal pain and psychological complaints. Prevocational rehabilitation, aimed at increasing participation in working life, targets people in need of a sheltered vocational environment. This group has been found to report a very high level of health complaints. Therefore, a better understanding of the psychological mechanisms affecting satisfaction with life for people who experience subjective health complaints could be important for tailoring more optimal vocational rehabilitation initiatives for these individuals. This study aimed to investigate the possible mediator role of basic psychological need satisfaction, described in self-determination theory, in the relationship between subjective health complaints and satisfaction with life.   Methods: A total of 201 adult participants attending prevocational training on care farms in Norway answered a questionnaire, including demographic questions and standardised instruments on subjective health complaints, basic psychological need satisfaction and satisfaction with life. Analyses were conducted using a structural equation model.   Results: Most of the participants had been out of work for more than one year, had a high prevalence of subjective health complaints and a low level of satisfaction with life. The structural equation model showed that basic psychological need satisfaction mediated the negative association between psychological health complaints and satisfaction with life. Conclusion: The results indicate that even though health complaints remain, prevocational programs can counteract some of the negative associations between subjective health complaints and satisfaction with life by creating contexts that support basic psychological needs that are important for well-being and functioning. Providing clients with understanding, guidance, positive feedback, meaningful tasks and a close, supportive social community, has been found to facilitate satisfaction of basic psychological needs in prevocational training on care farms

scholarly journals P286 Examining the relationships between important other autonomy support, basic psychological need satisfaction and well-being in those with non-radiographic AxSpA

Rheumatology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A Ingram ◽  
Peter C Rouse ◽  
Martyn Standage ◽  
Elizabeth Reilly ◽  
Raj Sengupta
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Subjective Vitality ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

Abstract Background People living with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) often suffer poor psychological health. Social support has been identified as one way to enhance psychological well-being, yet little research has examined the relationship between quality of support provided by important others and indicators of well-being in people living with nr-axSpA. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine whether important other autonomy support predicts symptoms of subjective vitality, depression and anxiety and test if this relationship is mediated by the three innate basic psychological needs (autonomy - a sense of ownership and volition over actions and behaviours; competence - feeling effective and capable of achieving valued outcomes; relatedness - experiencing closeness and genuine connection, with valued others) as specified by Self Determination Theory (SDT). Methods Sixty three participants living with nr-axSpA (M Age = 43.16 years; SD = 11.17; female = 58.73%) were recruited from a specialist rheumatology hospital via the Bath Spondyloarthritis Biobank. Spinal mobility was assessed using the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (M = 1.83; SD = 1.2; range = 5). Questionnaires measuring important other autonomy support, basic psychological need satisfaction, subjective vitality, depression severity and anxiety severity were completed. Mediation analyses were conducted via three linear regressions and bootstrapping for subjective vitality, anxiety and depressive symptoms. Results Important other autonomy support was significantly and positively related to subjective vitality (β = .32, p = .01), and significantly and negatively related to symptoms of depression (β = -.32, p = .02) and anxiety (β = -.31, p = .03). Important other autonomy support also demonstrated a significant positive relationship with basic psychological need satisfaction (β = .27, p <.05). Basic psychological need satisfaction had a significant positive relationship with subjective vitality (β = .58, p < .01; R2 = .37) and a significant negative relationship with depressive symptoms (β = -.57, p < .01; R2 = .35) and anxiety (β = -.50, p <.01; R2 = .30). Assessment of the indirect effects revealed that basic psychological need satisfaction did not mediate the relationships between important other autonomy support and subjective vitality (b = .15, 95% BC CI -.04, .34), depressive symptoms (b = -.06, 95% BC CI -.16, .01) and anxiety (b = -.08, 95% BC CI -.19, .03). Conclusion Both important other autonomy support and basic psychological needs were significantly related to psychological well-being. Yet, basic psychological need satisfaction did not mediate the relationships between important other autonomy support with subjective vitality, depressive symptoms and anxiety. Healthcare interventions could help important others to improve the quality of their support and try to increase a sense of autonomy, competence and relatedness satisfaction in people living with nr-axSpA to enhance the psychological well-being of people living with nr-axSpA. Disclosures T.A. Ingram None. P.C. Rouse None. M. Standage None. E. Reilly None. R. Sengupta None.

An Empirical Investigation of the Employee Work Passion Appraisal Model Using Self-Determination Theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anaïs Thibault-Landry ◽  
Richard Egan ◽  
Laurence Crevier-Braud ◽  
Lara Manganelli ◽  
Jacques Forest
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Cognitive Appraisals ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽  
Work Passion ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

The Problem Employee work passion theory offers an appraisal-based approach that explains how work passion is formulated in individuals. Self-determination theory postulates that the satisfaction of three basic psychological human needs (competence, relatedness, and autonomy) is essential for individuals to flourish and thrive at work. The role of basic psychological need satisfaction in the employee work passion appraisal process is yet to be examined. The Solution We investigated the relations between employees’ cognitive appraisals of their work environment characteristics (work cognitions), their basic psychological need satisfaction, and their work intentions. Our study provided empirical evidence showing that employees’ cognitive appraisals of work characteristics such as job autonomy, task variety, meaningful work, and performance expectations were positively related to basic psychological need satisfaction, which, in turn, positively impacted their work intentions, thus indicating the subjective experience of work passion. The Stakeholders Results suggest that organizational leaders, supervisors, and human resource development (HRD) practitioners could develop interventions that promote specific workplace characteristics and are aimed at contributing to the fulfillment of employees’ basic psychological needs. In so doing, employees and stakeholders could benefit from the individual and organizational outcomes that flow from employees experiencing greater work passion.

The relationship between school-basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration, academic engagement and academic achievement

2021 ◽  
pp. 014303432110171
Author(s):  
Caterina Buzzai ◽  
Luana Sorrenti ◽  
Sebastiano Costa ◽  
Mary Ellen Toffle ◽  
Pina Filippello
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Academic Engagement ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Need Frustration ◽  
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction ◽  
Attention To Students ◽  
Psychological Need Satisfaction

The main purpose of this study is to investigate how students’ perceptions of need satisfaction and need frustration at school are indirectly associated with academic achievement through academic engagement. A modified version of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale was used to assess these needs in a school-based context. The study sample consisted of 551 students, comprising 299 males (54.3%) and 252 females (45.7%), with an average age of 16.19 years (SD = 1.49). The results suggested autonomy satisfaction and relatedness satisfaction are positively correlated with academic engagement, autonomy frustration is negatively correlated with academic engagement, and, moreover, academic engagement is associated with increased academic achievement. The results of this study highlight the importance of developing specific training programs to promote a school environment that pays attention to students’ psychological needs.

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