Research has shown that managers who recognize and acknowledge positive employee behaviors and achievements at work foster their health and well-being. In the present 3-wave study, we investigated appreciation from managers in the context of the progression of employees' depressive symptoms across 1 year. Building on self-determination theory, we examined employees' need satisfaction for autonomy, competence, and relatedness as moderating factors, and the mediating role of maladaptive coping (i.e., ruminative thoughts) in this relationship. Findings from 194 employees working in the energy branch of an international company revealed that high appreciation from one's manager was related to less depressive symptoms only for those individuals whose basic need for relatedness was more satisfied at work. We did not find moderator effects with respect to satisfaction of need for autonomy and competence. Further, moderated mediation analyses revealed significant indirect effects for depressive symptoms for lower levels of need satisfaction of relatedness: Appreciation in the context of unsatisfying relationships at work made employees more likely to ruminate about negative events, which was related to more depressive symptoms in the long run. However, ruminative thoughts did not mediate the significant negative relationship between appreciation and depressive symptoms when needs for relatedness were satisfied. The study adds to the discussion that the potential positive impact of appreciation depends on how satisfying social relationships at work are experienced. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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欣赏和抑郁症状：需要满足的调节作用。

研究表明，认识并认可积极的员工行为和工作成就的管理人员可以促进他们的健康和福祉。在当前的三波研究中，我们调查了在1年中员工抑郁症状发展过程中经理们的赞赏。基于自我决定理论，我们研究了员工对于自主权，能力和相关性的需求满意度（作为调节因素），以及适应不良的应对（即反刍思想）在这种关系中的中介作用。在一家国际公司的能源部门工作的194名员工的调查结果表明，只有在工作中对基本需求更加满意的个人，经理的高度赞赏与抑郁症状的减轻相关。在满足自治和能力需求方面，我们没有发现主持人效应。此外，适度的调解分析显示，对于较低水平的相关需要满意度，抑郁症症状具有显着的间接影响：在工作关系不满意的背景下的欣赏使员工更有可能对负面事件进行反思，长期以来，这些负面事件与抑郁症症状相关跑。但是，当满足相关性需求时，反刍思想并未介导欣赏与抑郁症状之间的显着负相关关系。该研究增加了讨论，即升值的潜在积极影响取决于工作中令人满意的社会关系的体验。（PsycINFO数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。