Predicting college students' psychological distress through basic psychological need-relevant practices by teachers, peers, and the academic program

被引：29

作者：

Gilbert, William ^{[1
]}

Bureau, Julien S. ^{[2
]}

Poellhuber, Bruno ^{[3
]}

Guay, Frederic ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Laval, Sch Psychol, Quebec City, PQ, Canada

[2] Univ Laval, Dept Educ Fundamentals & Practices, 2325 Allee Bibliotheques, Quebec City, PQ G1V 0A6, Canada

[3] Univ Montreal, Dept Psychopedag & Andrag, Montreal, PQ, Canada

来源：

MOTIVATION AND EMOTION | 2021年 / 45卷 / 04期

关键词：

Self-determination theory; Need support; Need thwarting; Study program climate; Psychological distress; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY; AUTONOMY SUPPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; MENTAL-HEALTH; DEPRESSION; MODEL; FIT; PREVALENCE; EDUCATION;

D O I：

10.1007/s11031-021-09892-4

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Psychological distress (PD) is highly prevalent among college students. However, not much is known about the role study programs can have in fostering or reducing PD. Two studies were conducted to assess the importance of study program climate in predicting students PD, in addition to that of teachers and peers. In Study 1 (N=1855), we developed and confirmed the validity of a questionnaire assessing need supportive/thwarting practices emitted by college teachers, peers, and study programs using a bifactor approach. In Study 2 (N=1797), we relied on this questionnaire to investigate the prediction of students' PD. Our findings showed that, taken individually, global levels of need support/thwarting from each source appear to be more important predictors of students' PD than need-specific subfactors. Taken concurrently, the importance of need support by teachers was marginal while need thwarting by peers and study programs had the strongest prediction of students' PD. Overall, study program climate may be an important overlooked factor spiraling students' PD.

引用

页码：436 / 455

页数：20

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