Characteristics of young workers’ basic psychological needs and its relationship with index of well-being

Abstract

Objective To explore the current situation of basic psychological needs satisfaction (BPNS) and the relationship between index of well-being and BPNS among young workers in China. Methods The samples consisting of 5972 young workers were selected by stratified and random sampling according to the proportion. The Chinese vision of the Basic Needs Satisfaction in General Scale and the Index of Well-being Scale were used. Results The overall situation of BPNS of young workers (4.36±0.71)was good, satisfied state of relatedness need(SSRN, 4.70±1.05)was the highest, satisfied state of autonomy need(SSAN, 3.96±1.21)and blocked state of autonomy need(BSAN, 4.08±1.17)were lower, blocked state of relatedness need(BSRN, 3.20±1.26)was the lowest; education and income had interaction on SSRN(F0.05(6, 5948)=4.068, P<0.01)while there was no difference between gender on all of the dimensions.Pearson correlation analysis showed that all the dimensions of BPNS were significantly related to the index of well-being; and linear regression analysis showed that SSAN, SSRN and BSAN could forecast the index of well-being (adjR2=0.339), β=0.457, 0.186, -0.102 respectively. Conclusion The overall situation of BPNS of young workers is good; and adjustment of SSAN, SSRN and BSAN could improve the index of well-being of young workers. Key words: Basic psychological needs satisfaction; Index of well-being; Young workers