Relationships between work-related characteristics, needs satisfaction, motivation and mental health in midwifery students

Claude Ferrand (1) , Robert Courtois (1, 2) , Guillaume Martinent (3) , Michèle Rivière , Emmanuel Rusch (4, 5)

1 PAVeA - Psychologie des âges de la vie et adaptation
2 Clinique Psychiatrique Universitaire [Tours]
3 L-VIS - Laboratoire sur les Vulnérabilités et l'Innovation dans le Sport (EA 7428)
4 Université Francois Rabelais [Tours]
5 EES - Éducation Éthique Santé EA 7505

The present study examined the relationships between work-related characteristics in internships, psychological needs satisfaction, motivation and mental health using a partial least squares path modeling. Midwifery students (N= 214; Mage = 22.8 years) from three French schools completed different questionnaires online. Results showed (1) the importance of work resources (work control and social support) as protective factors of psychological needs satisfaction; and (2) the role of competence need satisfaction through motivation in the relationships between work resources and mental health. Midwifery schools should pay more attention to these two results, and take them into account in midwifery students' training.

Mots clés: self-determination; midwifery students; psychological needs satisfaction; motivation; mental health

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Claude Ferrand, Robert Courtois, Guillaume Martinent, Michèle Rivière, Emmanuel Rusch. Relationships between work-related characteristics, needs satisfaction, motivation and mental health in midwifery students. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 2016, 22 (6), pp.711-718. ⟨10.1080/13548506.2016.1220597⟩. ⟨hal-02331107⟩