From attachment to addiction: The mediating role of need satisfaction on social networking sites

an article by Adela Chen (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA) published in Computers in Human Behavior Volume 98 (September 2019)

Highlights

• Need satisfaction for relatedness mediated the positive relationship between attachment anxiety and SNS addiction.
• Need satisfaction for self-presentation mediated the positive relationship between attachment anxiety and SNS addiction.
• Need satisfaction for relatedness mediated the negative relationship between attachment avoidance and SNS addiction.
• Need satisfaction for self-presentation mediated the negative relationship between attachment avoidance and SNS addiction.
• Need satisfaction for autonomy mediated the positive relationship between attachment avoidance and SNS addiction.

Abstract

We develop a mediation model to explain the relationship between attachment and Social Networking Site (SNS) addiction. Drawing upon the Needs-Affordances-Features model, we investigate the mediating role of satisfaction of the innate psychological needs that are salient in the SNS context (i.e., need for relatedness, need for self-presentation, and need for autonomy).

Based on an empirical study of 314 daily Facebook users, results reveal distinct effects of attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance on SNS addiction through the satisfaction of different psychological needs. Satisfaction of the need for relatedness and the need for self-presentation mediates the positive relationship between attachment anxiety and SNS addiction.

Satisfaction of these needs also mediates the negative relationship between attachment avoidance and SNS addiction. Satisfaction of the need for autonomy mediates the positive relationship between attachment avoidance and SNS addiction. We conclude the study with the implications for research and practice.

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Linking decent work with physical and mental health: A psychology of working perspective

an article by Ryan D.Duffy, Haram J.Kim, Nicholas P.Gensmer, Richard P.Douglass and Jessica W.England (University of Florida, USA), Trisha L.Raque-Bogdan (University of Denvert, USA) and AysenurBuyukgoze-Kavasa (Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey) published in Journal of Vocational Behavior Volume 112 (June 2019)

Highlights

• Collected data diverse sample of employed adults (N = 497) with an annual household income under $50,000
• Examined links between decent work, need satisfaction, and physical health grounded in Psychology of Working Theory
• Decent work strongly predicted survival, social contribution, and self-determination need satisfaction.
• All three need satisfactions fully mediated the link of decent work to mental health.
• Survival needs satisfaction partially mediated the link between decent work and physical health.

Abstract

Drawing from a psychology of working perspective, the current study examined links between decent work and health among a sample (N = 497) of employed adults with an annual household income under $50,000.

A theory driven mediation model was tested positioning decent work as a predictor of mental and physical health via need satisfaction at work. Decent work strongly predicted survival, social contribution, and self-determination need satisfaction.

Regarding mental health, hypotheses were mainly supported as all three need satisfactions mediated the link of decent work to mental health.

Regarding physical health, hypotheses were partially supported as only survival needs partially mediated this relation.

Overall, findings suggest that securing decent work may promote increased mental health primarily because work is meeting individual needs and may promote physical health – in part – by helping meet survival needs. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.

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Work-related boredom and depressed mood from a daily perspective: the moderating roles of work centrality and need satisfaction

an article by Madelon L. M. van Hooff (Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands) and Edwin A. J. van Hooft (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) published in Work & Stress: An International Journal of Work, Health & Organisations Volume 30 Issue 3 (2016)

Abstract

This study aimed to advance insight into inter- and intra-personal processes that may affect the associations between work-related boredom and employee well-being.

We employed a daily perspective to examine

1. the relations between work-related boredom and depressed mood at the end of the workday and at the end of the evening after work;
2. whether these relations were stronger for employees with high work centrality (the importance of work to the individual); and
3. whether the indirect association between work-related boredom and depressed mood in the evening (via depressed mood at the end of the workday) was smaller on days during which employees’ basic psychological needs were satisfied after work.

Data were collected by means of a 5-day diary study among 106 employees in various occupations in The Netherlands. The results showed that work-related boredom was positively related to both depressed mood at the end of the workday and depressed mood in the evening, but only for employees with high work centrality.

Furthermore, daily need satisfaction after work mitigated the indirect relation between work-related boredom and depressed mood in the evening. Based on these findings it can be concluded that work centrality and need satisfaction should be taken into account in order to understand the association between work-related boredom and employee well-being.

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