AUTHOR=Chen Hongxia , Zhang Morning Hon 

TITLE=The relationship between basic psychological needs satisfaction and university students’ academic engagement: The mediating effect of emotional intelligence

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.917578

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.917578

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Basic psychological needs satisfaction (BPNS) and Emotional intelligence (EI) have been underscored as helpful psychological constructs in explaining academic engagement. However, the joint interaction of BPNS with EI abilities to explain academic engagement has not been tested. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the interactive role of BPNS with EI abilities in the prediction of academic engagement in a sample of Chinese university students. For this purpose, a questionnaire survey were administered to a sample of 466 university students. Through structural equation modeling (SEM), direct and indirect effects were calculated. These results suggest that important interventions incorporated with BPNS and EI abilities, especially the use of emotion ability, may be performed to promote university students’ academic engagement.