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Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Student Engagement: The Importance of Novelty Satisfaction

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the associations between students’ basic psychological needs satisfaction, including novelty satisfaction, and the four aspects of student engagement. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from a total sample of 743 undergraduate students...

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Main Authors: Benlahcene, Abderrahim, Kaur, Amrita, Awang Hashim, Rosna
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Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing Limited 2021
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LB2300 Higher Education
Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29332/1/JARHE%2013%2005%202021%201290-1304.pdf
https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29332/
https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-06-2020-0157
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spelling my.uum.repo.293322023-03-29T09:08:40Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29332/ Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Student Engagement: The Importance of Novelty Satisfaction Benlahcene, Abderrahim Kaur, Amrita Awang Hashim, Rosna LB2300 Higher Education Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the associations between students’ basic psychological needs satisfaction, including novelty satisfaction, and the four aspects of student engagement. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from a total sample of 743 undergraduate students from three public universities in northern Malaysia. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the data. Findings – Competence and relatedness were positively related to the four aspects of student engagement, while autonomy satisfaction was found to relate to agentic engagement. Novelty satisfaction, on the other hand, is related positively with behavioural, emotional and cognitive engagement. Research limitations/implications – The results provide a new understanding on the importance of novelty satisfaction alongside existing needs in self-determination theory (SDT) in enhancing student engagement. Practical implications – Educators are encouraged to develop strategies to provide novelty support and facilitate students’ basic needs satisfaction in order to establish a motivational learning environment that vitalises students’ engagement. Originality/value – This study breaks new ground by testing the unique relationships of novelty satisfaction along with the psychological needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness, with the four aspects of student engagement in higher education. Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29332/1/JARHE%2013%2005%202021%201290-1304.pdf Benlahcene, Abderrahim and Kaur, Amrita and Awang Hashim, Rosna (2021) Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Student Engagement: The Importance of Novelty Satisfaction. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education (JARHE), 13 (5). pp. 1290-1304. ISSN 2050-7003 https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-06-2020-0157
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Benlahcene, Abderrahim
Kaur, Amrita
Awang Hashim, Rosna
Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Student Engagement: The Importance of Novelty Satisfaction
description Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the associations between students’ basic psychological needs satisfaction, including novelty satisfaction, and the four aspects of student engagement. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from a total sample of 743 undergraduate students from three public universities in northern Malaysia. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the data. Findings – Competence and relatedness were positively related to the four aspects of student engagement, while autonomy satisfaction was found to relate to agentic engagement. Novelty satisfaction, on the other hand, is related positively with behavioural, emotional and cognitive engagement. Research limitations/implications – The results provide a new understanding on the importance of novelty satisfaction alongside existing needs in self-determination theory (SDT) in enhancing student engagement. Practical implications – Educators are encouraged to develop strategies to provide novelty support and facilitate students’ basic needs satisfaction in order to establish a motivational learning environment that vitalises students’ engagement. Originality/value – This study breaks new ground by testing the unique relationships of novelty satisfaction along with the psychological needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness, with the four aspects of student engagement in higher education.
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author Benlahcene, Abderrahim
Kaur, Amrita
Awang Hashim, Rosna
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Kaur, Amrita
Awang Hashim, Rosna
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title Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Student Engagement: The Importance of Novelty Satisfaction
title_short Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Student Engagement: The Importance of Novelty Satisfaction
title_full Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Student Engagement: The Importance of Novelty Satisfaction
title_fullStr Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Student Engagement: The Importance of Novelty Satisfaction
title_full_unstemmed Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Student Engagement: The Importance of Novelty Satisfaction
title_sort basic psychological needs satisfaction and student engagement: the importance of novelty satisfaction
publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
publishDate 2021
url https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29332/1/JARHE%2013%2005%202021%201290-1304.pdf
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https://doi.org/10.1108/JARHE-06-2020-0157
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