当前位置: X-MOL 学术Stud. High. Educ. › 论文详情
Our official English website, www.x-mol.net, welcomes your feedback! (Note: you will need to create a separate account there.)
University in the rear-view mirror: psychological needs in pleasant and unpleasant memories of alumni
Studies in Higher Education ( IF 4.017 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-17 , DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2021.1916905
Stefan Janke 1 , Melanie Alsmeyer 2 , Miriam Neißner 1 , Selma C. Rudert 3
Affiliation  

ABSTRACT

The university years are an important life phase for academics that shapes their transition from adolescence to adulthood. Here, we aimed to contribute to a better understanding on how alumni construe both nostalgic memories and regrets about this period. In line with Self-Determination Theory, we assumed that we would find frequent references to the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness within pleasant memories (need satisfaction) and unpleasant memories (need frustration). We analyzed survey data sampled from 263 bachelor alumni of a German university, who answered two open questions on pleasant and unpleasant memories about their bachelor studies. Two raters applied a sequential coding procedure to evaluate the material. We found that 62.5% of the pleasant memories and 46.9% of the unpleasant memories included notions of basic psychological needs. Furthermore, quality of teaching and study content were frequently mentioned as part of the memories. This result pattern indicates that the basic needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness are central for the retrospective construal of alumni’s time at university. It stands to debate whether need-supportive learning environments can, thus, provide optimal conditions for experiences that will linger pleasantly in the memories of university alumni.



中文翻译:

后视镜中的大学:校友愉快与不愉快记忆中的心理需求

摘要

大学时期是学者们从青春期到成年期的重要人生阶段。在这里,我们旨在帮助更好地理解校友如何解释这段时期的怀旧记忆和遗憾。根据自我决定理论,我们假设我们会在愉快的记忆(需要满足)和不愉快的记忆(需要挫折)中找到对自主性、能力和相关性的基本心理需求的频繁提及。我们分析了从一所德国大学的 263 名本科校友中抽取的调查数据,他们回答了两个关于本科学习愉快和不愉快记忆的开放性问题。两名评估者应用顺序编码程序来评估材料。我们发现 62.5% 的愉快回忆和 46. 9% 的不愉快记忆包括基本心理需求的概念。此外,作为记忆的一部分,教学和学习内容的质量经常被提及。这种结果模式表明,对自主性、能力和相关性的基本需求是回顾性解释校友在大学的时间的核心。因此,需要支持的学习环境是否可以为在大学校友的记忆中愉快地挥之不去的体验提供最佳条件,这存在争议。

更新日期:2021-04-17
down
wechat
bug