Autonomy and Relatedness among Chinese Sojourners and Applicants: Conflictual or Independent Predictors of Well-Being and Adjustment?
Autonomy and Relatedness among Chinese Sojourners and Applicants: Conflictual or Independent Predictors of Well-Being and Adjustment?
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DOI：
10.1007/s11031-006-9041-x
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发表时间：
2006-09
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
M. Vansteenkiste;W. Lens;B. Soenens;K. Luyckx
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作者：
M. Vansteenkiste;W. Lens;B. Soenens;K. Luyckx
自我决定理论认为，关联性和自主性代表了固有的和普遍的关键需求，当满足时，这两种需求都应该对所有个人的福祉和适应产生独立的积极影响。相反，一些跨文化观点表明，追求自主会阻碍令人满意的关系的发展，而这种冲突对于集体主义社会中的个人福祉可能尤其成问题，因为集体主义社会重视社会纽带而不是追求独特性和独立性。本研究的样本是暂时移居比利时学习的中国学生（即寄居者）和参与比利时学习申请程序的中国学生（即申请人）。与SDT一致，本研究表明，自主性、关联性和能力的基本心理需求是正相关的，这三种需求的满足预示着中国学生心理健康、活力和抑郁的独特差异（即主效应），并且当关联性满意度较低时，自主性满足对活力产生更有利的影响，并更好地防止抑郁情绪（即交互效应）。最后，中国侨民和申请者之间幸福感的平均水平差异可以通过不同的需求满足来充分解释。
Self-Determination Theory argues that relatedness and autonomy represent innate and universally critical needs and that, when satisfied, both needs should yield an independent positive effect on well-being and adjustment for all individuals. In contrast, some cross-cultural perspectives suggest that the pursuit of autonomy hampers the development of satisfying relationships, and such conflicts might be especially problematic for the well-being of individuals in collectivistic societies that value social bonds over the pursuit of uniqueness and independence. The present study sampled Chinese students who had temporarily moved to Belgium to study (i.e., sojourners) and Chinese students involved in the application procedure to study in Belgium (i.e., applicants). Consistent with SDT, the present research shows that the basic psychological needs for autonomy, relatedness, and competence are positively interrelated, that the satisfaction of these three needs predicts unique variance in Chinese students’ psychological well-being, vitality, and depression (i.e., main effects), and that autonomy satisfaction yields a more beneficial effect on vitality and better protects against depressive feelings when relatedness satisfaction is low (i.e., an interaction effect). Finally, mean-level differences in well-being between Chinese sojourners and applicants could be fully accounted by differential need satisfaction.