Dimension-specific effects of meeting basic psychological needs and em-pathy on general well-being of medical freshmen
Objective To explore potential categories of general well-being among medical freshmen and the effects of basic psychological needs and empathy on them.Methods Convenience sampling method was used to select 888 medical freshmen from the 2020 cohort of Sanquan College of Xinxiang Medical University from September to December 2020 as research subjects.General information survey,basic psychological needs scale(BPNS),general well-being schedule(GWB)and interpersonal reactivity index-C(IRI-C)were used for survey research.Latent profile analysis was used to explore potential categories of general well-being among medical freshmen,as well as the effects of basic psychological needs and empathy on them.Results A total of 900 questionnaires were distributed,and 888 valid questionnaires were collected,with response rate of 98.67％and questionnaire effectiveness rate of 100.00％.General well-being of medical freshmen could be divided into three potential categories:the low happiness group(27.37％),the moderate happiness group(49.66％),and the energetic happiness group(22.97％).There was statistically significant difference in each dimension score of GWB among different categories of medical freshmen(P＜0.05).There was statistically significant difference in gender among different categories of medical freshmen(P＜0.05).There were statistically significant differences in each dimension score and total score of IRI-C and BPNS among different categories of medical freshmen(P＜0.05).Personal pain,autonomy needs and competence needs were the influencing factors of the moderate happiness group(P＜0.05),while empathetic care,personal pain,autonomy needs,competence needs and relationship needs were the influencing factors of the low happiness group(P＜0.05).Conclusion There is heterogeneity in general well-being of medical freshmen,and mental health workers can provide individualized interventions based on dimension specificity of the effects of basic psychological needs and empathy on it to enhance general well-being level of medical freshmen.
Medical freshmenGeneral well-beingBasic psychological needsEmpathy
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