Socioeconomic Levels, Material and Environmental Safety, and Well- Being: A Basic Psychological Needs Perspective in a Peruvian Sample

Acronym

P_SSE-WELL

Consortium Coordinator

Matos Fernandez, Lennia

Start Date

August 1, 2018

End Date

June 30, 2020

Status

https://purl.org/pe-repo/concytec/estadoProyecto#concluido

Tipo de proyecto

https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/tipoProyecto#investigacionBasica

Description

Self-Determination Theory (SDT) is a macro-theory of motivation which proposes three basic psychological needs as fundamental nutrients for human growth and well-being. Other motivational theories such as Maslow's hierarchy of needs state a hierarchy constraint between different kinds of needs. This conflicting account of human needs has been relatively understudied in national and international literature. Additionally, SDT researchers are interested in the universality of basic psychological needs across life domains and cultures; however, their behavior across different socioeconomic levels has also been neglected, especially the effects of living in low socioeconomic environments (poverty). Therefore, this study aims to analyze the relationship between basic psychological need satisfaction (SDT), material and safety needs satisfaction (Maslow's theory), in order to test the hierarchy of needs constraint in different socioeconomic levels (high, middle, low/poverty) and the possible buffering effects of basic psychological need satisfaction on its psychological effects in these living conditions. We expect to find that although material and safety needs are important for well-being they don't constrain the possibility of basic psychological need satisfaction nor their impact in well-being and psychological functioning. We hope these results will clarify this theoretical debate as well as provide useful guidelines for future interventions aimed at reducing poverty and its detrimental consequences

Keywords

Nivel socioeconómico

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Seguridad ambiental

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Bienestar

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Necesidades psicológicas básicas

Área de conocimiento

Social sciences

Campo OCDE

https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.04.05