FULFILLMENT OF EXERCISE NEEDS AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Background: During the Covid-19 pandemic, many restrictions on almost all routine services including maternal and newborn health services. Some pregnant women are reluctant to go to health facilities for fear of contracting it. The exercise need fulfillment of pregnant women's is disrupted by a pandemic because the gym and the park are closed or fear of the virus exposure when exercising outside the home. Objective: The purpose of the study was to describe the exercise need fulfillment of pregnant women during the Covid-19 pandemic at Jagir Health Center Surabaya. Methods: This study used descriptive design. The sample was 40 pregnant women in the 2nd and 3rd trimester at Jagir Health Center Surabaya which obtained bytotal sampling technique. The research variable was the exercise need fulfillment of pregnant women during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research instruments was questionnaires and then data were analyzed using frequency distribution tables. Results: The study results found that out of 40 respondents, almost entirely pregnant women (82.5%) had poor exercise need fulfillment and 17.5% pregnant women had good exercise need fulfillment during the Covid-19 pandemic. Conclusion: The exercise need fulfillment of pregnant women during the Covid-19 pandemic was poor. The role of nurses can improve and maintain regular exercise in pregnant women. In education, it is important to emphasize that moderate amounts of exercise 150 minutes/week such as walking and yoga can be done in various ways, such as exercising indoors or viewing videos from YouTube, zooming during the Covid-19 pandemic to increase immunity.

Predictors of Employees’ Preference for Working from Home Post-Pandemic

The global pandemic of 2020-21 has enabled an examination of the conditions under which working from home is preferred. We examine whether work-life conflict (both work interfering with family and family interfering with work) and need fulfillment (autonomy, relatedness, competence) can be used to predict employees’ preference for working from home in the future, post-pandemic. With a sample of 944 employees working from home for the first time, this study found that work-life conflict was negatively related and need fulfillment was positively related to employees’ preference for working from home post-pandemic. The experience of having children at home or a partner who was also working from home did not affect employees’ long-term preference for working from home; however, being female did. Women were less likely to want to work from home post-pandemic. The implications for ways to maximize the experience of working from home in the future are discussed.

A dyadic examination of self-determined sexual motives, need fulfillment, and relational outcomes among consensually non-monogamous partners

Intimate and sexual relationships provide opportunity for emotional and sexual fulfillment. In consensually non-monogamous (CNM) relationships, needs are dispersed among multiple partners. Using Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and dyadic data from 56 CNM partnerships (112 individuals), we tested how sexual motives and need fulfillment were linked to relational outcomes. We drew from models of need fulfillment to explore how sexual motives with a second partner were associated with satisfaction in the primary relationship. In a cross-sectional and daily experience study we demonstrated that self-determined reasons for sex were positively associated with sexual satisfaction and indirectly linked through sexual need fulfillment. Self-determined reasons for sex predicted need fulfillment for both partners at a three-month follow up. The association between sexual motives and need fulfillment was stronger on days when participants engaged in sex with an additional partner, though this was not related to satisfaction in the primary relationship. Implications for need fulfillment are discussed.

Coaches’ impact on youth athletes’ intentions to continue sport participation: The mediational influence of the coach–athlete relationship

About 70% of youth athletes drop out of sport by age 13. Self-determination theory has been utilised to investigate athletes’ motivations for behaviours including sport persistence (i.e. continuation) and suggests that the coach can be an influence on such motivations. Basic need fulfillment via interpersonal coaching behaviours, the coach-athlete relationship (CAR), and intentions to continue sport participation have been examined independently and in various combinations and directions, but these variables have not been examined collectively in this manner. The purpose of this study was to determine if CAR quality mediates the relationship between interpersonal coaching behaviours and intentions to continue sport participation. Surveys were administered to 148 athletes ages 11 to 16 from organised sports teams. No significant indirect effects of mediation could be established. However, there was a significant and direct effect of competence-supportive behaviours on intentions ( β = .341, p < .001). Overall, the total effects model was significant ( F(1,146) = 18.762, p < .001, adjusted R2 = .114). Significant positive relationships were shown among supportive coach behaviours and CAR quality in addition to CAR quality and intentions. Negative relationships were demonstrated among thwarting coach behaviours and CAR quality. Results support that coaches’ competence-supportive behaviours can positively impact CAR quality and intentions to continue sport participation in youth athletes.

When social exclusion is mandated: COVID-19, social distancing, gender and psychological needs

In light of evidence from ostracism research, social distancing to limit the spread of COVID-19 poses a unique psychological challenge. In a German (N=546) and a US (N=199) sample, we examined how different degrees of social distancing impact outcomes related to social exclusion, measuring self-related needs: self-esteem, belonging, control, and meaning. Across both samples social distancing was associated with decreased need fulfillment. German participants reported higher need fulfillment compared to American participants. In comparison to previous studies, self-related needs associated with social distancing were less impacted than under experimental manipulations of social exclusion, however more so than under the baseline condition of inclusion. Working while social distancing was associated with greater need fulfillment, as was identifying as male. Women reported lower need fulfillment in both samples and this difference was mediated by need to belong. Results are discussed in terms of understanding self-related needs in different contexts of exclusion.