RESEARCH ARTICLE
Parental Autonomy Support and Psychological Well-Being in University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Autonomy Satisfaction
Ananda Rainy Akram1, Fitri Ariyanti Abidin2, 4, *, Fitriani Yustikasari Lubis3, 4
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2022Volume: 15
E-location ID: e187435012208100
Publisher ID: e187435012208100
DOI: 10.2174/18743501-v15-e2208100
Article History:
Received Date: 7/3/2022Revision Received Date: 10/5/2022
Acceptance Date: 31/5/2022
Electronic publication date: 19/10/2022
Collection year: 2022
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
University students, as emerging adults, have autonomy as one of their central developmental tasks. Parents need to provide an autonomy-supportive environment to encourage students to act based on their volition, benefiting their psychological well-being. This study aims to explore the effect of parental autonomy support on psychological well-being by the mediation of autonomy satisfaction.
Methods:
227 university students in Indonesia (21.6% male, 78.4% female) aged 18-24 years old (M = 20.73; SD = 0.93) participated in the study and completed an online survey. We used three validated Indonesian version questionnaires: Parental Autonomy Support, Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration, and Psychological Well-Being.
Results:
The result shows that autonomy satisfaction fully mediated the relationship between parental autonomy support and psychological well-being.
Conclusion:
This finding supported the self-determination theory framework and implied the importance of parental autonomy support in enhancing university students' psychological well-being, especially in pandemic situations.