Bidirectional relationship between autonomy need satisfaction and "lying flat" among Chinese youth.

IF 1.6 4区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Australian Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2025-09-17 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1080/00049530.2025.2558847

Huanhua Lu, Jinli Wang, Feng Kong

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Abstract

Objective: Amid China's competitive social environment, young people increasingly perceive "involution" as undermining autonomy, with some asserting that "lying flat" serves as an autonomy-restoring strategy. Here, we attempted to explore whether unmet autonomy needs drive "lying flat" or if "lying flat" genuinely fulfils individuals' autonomy need through empirical research.

Method: We combined a large-sample questionnaire survey (Study 1) and a longitudinal follow-up study (Study 2) to investigate the relationship between individuals' autonomy need satisfaction and "lying flat".

Results: In Study 1, we found that there was a significant negative correlation between individuals' autonomy need satisfaction and "lying flat". More importantly, the cross-lagged analysis in Study 2 found that individuals' autonomy need satisfaction negatively predicted "lying flat" 1 month later, and "lying flat" also negatively predicted individuals' autonomy need satisfaction 1 month later.

Conclusions: These findings revealed a bidirectional negative prediction relationship between individuals' autonomy need satisfaction and "lying flat", which challenge the folk viewpoint that "lying flat" satisfies autonomy needs.

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中国青少年自主性需求满足与“平躺”的双向关系

目的：在中国竞争激烈的社会环境中，年轻人越来越多地认为“平躺”是对自主的破坏，一些人认为“平躺”是一种恢复自主的策略。在此，我们试图通过实证研究来探讨是未满足的自主性需求驱动了“平躺”，还是“平躺”真正满足了个体的自主性需求。方法：采用大样本问卷调查（研究1）和纵向随访研究（研究2）相结合的方法，探讨个体自主性需求满意度与“平躺”的关系。结果：在研究1中，我们发现个体的自主性需求满意度与“平躺”存在显著的负相关。更重要的是，研究2的交叉滞后分析发现，个体的自主性需求满意度负向预测1个月后的“平躺”，“平躺”也负向预测个体1个月后的自主性需求满意度。结论：研究结果揭示了个体自主性需求满足与“平躺”存在双向负向预测关系，挑战了“平躺”满足自主性需求的传统观点。

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