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. 2021 Oct 18;12:698526. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.698526

Table 4.

Interpreted within-person associations between job demands/stressors and daily or weekly basic psychological needs.

Job demand/stressor Article Autonomy Competence Relatedness Need satisfaction
Daily
1 Job demands 15 (Small*) Small (Small)
2 Emotional demands 6 (Small*) (Small)
3 Physical demands 6 (Small*) (Small*)
4 Cognitive demands 16 (Small)
5 Stress exposure 1 (Small*) to Medium*) (Small*)
6 Work pressure 16 (Medium*)
7 Workload 6 (Small*) Small
8 Family-work/work-family conflict 11 (Medium*) (Medium*) (Small*) to Medium*)
9 Time spent on core tasks 2 Small*
10 Time spent on administration 2 (Small)
11 Time spent on client interactions 2 Small*
12 Time spent on meetings 2 Small*
Weekly
1 Job insecurity 4 (Medium*)
2 Job demands 13 (Small*) to Small Small to Medium* (Small*) to Small
3 Time spent working 20 (Small)
4 Regular work 20 Small*
5 Supplemental work 20 (Small)
6 Progress 20 (Small)
7 Unfinished tasks 20,21 (Small) (Small*)
*,

statistically significant; –, variables not measured; effect sizes, small (±0.1 to ±0.29); medium (±0.30 to ±0.49); large (±0.50 to ±1.00); brackets, negative associations; bolded variable, measured before basic psychological needs. The Article column refers to the study from which the finding was derived. Refer to Table 2 to identify the study referred to.