1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«The purpose of the present study was to examine the contribution of perceived autonomy support from parents, friends, and the romantic partner to university students’ subjective well-being (SWB).» (p. 904)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
L’étude est basée sur la participation de 256 jeunes adultes étudiants dans une université québécoise.

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«[W]e found perceiving important sources such as parents, friends, and the romantic partner as highly autonomy supportive predicted higher levels of SWB, although a suppression effect was obtained with the romantic partner. Results from a person-centered approach replicated the importance of these three sources, showing that it is when all sources were perceived as highly autonomy supportive that students reported the most positive indices of SWB. These findings prevailed over and beyond the contribution of variables such as gender, achievement, and age. […] First, our findings support SDT’s (self determination theory) postulate that autonomy support is critical for well-being (Deci et al. 1994; Ryan 1995) by providing additional evidence from young adults, in the academic domain. Hence, when students perceived important individuals in their lives to be autonomy supportive with respect to their academic choices and decisions, they reported higher levels of happiness and satisfaction. Second, our findings illustrate the beneficial contribution for university students’ SWB that need satisfaction comes from three important sources: parents, friends, and the romantic partner. Specifically, it is their combined contribution that was found most profitable for students’ SWB.» (p. 904-906)