scholarly journals The Mediating Effect of the satisfaction of Basic Psychological Needs on the Relationship between Undergraduate Students‘ Parental Attachment and College Life Adjustment

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 569-580
Author(s):  
Seul Lee ◽  
Jin Ah Choi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Parental Attachment ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
College Life ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
College Life Adjustment

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of the satisfaction of basic psychological needs on the relationship between college students’ parental attachment and college life adjustment. Participants comprised 235 college students enrolled in five universities located in the Gwangju and Jeonnam areas. To assess the mediating effects, correlation analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were performed using SPSS 25.0. The results were as follows: first, significant positive correlations were observed between parental attachment, satisfaction of basic psychological needs, and college life adjustment; second, satisfaction of basic psychological needs partially mediated the relationship between parental attachment and college life adjustment. This indicates that the satisfaction of basic psychological needs – such as autonomy, competence, and relatedness – is extremely important in enabling college students to adjust to college life.

Explaining the Relationship Between ADHD Symptomatology and Amotivation in the Undergraduate Population: The Role of Basic Psychological Need Frustration

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-153
Author(s):  
Rylee Oram ◽  
Maria Rogers ◽  
George DuPaul
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Academic Difficulties ◽  
Psychological Need ◽  
Need Frustration ◽  
Academic Amotivation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Adhd Symptomatology

Recent research has shown that undergraduate students who experience both clinical and subclinical attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) struggle academically. Furthermore, these students have cited academic amotivation as a factor in their academic difficulties. Self-determination theory (SDT) posits that a lack of motivation—known as amotivation—may be the result of the frustration of the basic psychological needs—autonomy, competence, and relatedness. For this reason, the current study examined whether basic psychological need frustration mediated the relationship between ADHD symptomatology and academic amotivation. A sample of undergraduate students completed an online questionnaire about their university experience. Data were analyzed using a mediational structural equation model. Results suggested significant relationships between all of the variables. Moreover, basic psychological need frustration fully mediated the relationship between ADHD symptomatology and academic amotivation. These results demonstrate the importance of fulfilling the basic psychological needs of undergraduate students experiencing ADHD symptomatology, as it may increase their academic motivation, and, subsequently, reduce their academic difficulties.

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