Gillison Fiona, Standage Martyn, Skevington Suzanne
School for Health, University of Bath, UK.
Br J Educ Psychol. 2008 Mar;78(Pt 1):149-62. doi: 10.1348/000709907X209863.
Quality of life (QoL) is an important area for research during adolescence, due to its associations with (1) physical and mental health and (2) the emergence of health risk behaviours. A time that poses a particular threat to QoL is the transition from primary to secondary school.
This study aimed to investigate changes in QoL immediately following the transition to secondary school. Using Self-Determination Theory (SDT) as a conceptual foundation, the relationship between QoL and satisfaction of the three basic psychological needs advanced by SDT (autonomy, competence and relatedness) was explored.
The sample comprised 63 Year 7 students (age 11-12 years) attending a UK coeducational secondary school.
Data were collected using self-report questionnaires on three occasions over 10 weeks, starting on the second week of term. Change in need satisfaction was used to predict change in QoL, and the possible reciprocal relationship explored using regression analysis.
A meaningful improvement in QoL was recorded for 21% of students. Improvements in QoL were predicted by satisfaction of the needs for autonomy and relatedness, but not by competence, explaining 36% of the variance. QoL showed a weaker, but reciprocal effect on need satisfaction.
The findings suggest that support for the needs for autonomy and relatedness would provide the most likely route to the enhancement of student QoL over the transition to senior school.
生活质量（QoL）是青少年时期研究的一个重要领域，因为它与（1）身心健康以及（2）健康风险行为的出现相关。对生活质量构成特别威胁的一个时期是从小学过渡到中学。
本研究旨在调查刚进入中学后生活质量的变化。以自我决定理论（SDT）为概念基础，探讨了生活质量与SDT提出的三种基本心理需求（自主性、能力和关联性）满意度之间的关系。
样本包括63名就读于英国一所男女同校中学的7年级学生（年龄11 - 12岁）。
从学期第二周开始，在10周内分三次使用自我报告问卷收集数据。需求满意度的变化用于预测生活质量的变化，并使用回归分析探讨可能的相互关系。
21%的学生生活质量有显著改善。生活质量的改善由自主性和关联性需求的满意度预测，但不由能力需求的满意度预测，解释了36%的方差。生活质量对需求满意度有较弱但相互的影响。
研究结果表明，在向高中过渡期间，支持自主性和关联性需求最有可能提高学生的生活质量。
