More specifically, 6% of students report little autonomy crafting in the offline world, versus 17% in the online world. This is similar for relatedness crafting: 6% of students reported little relatedness crafting in the offline world versus 17% in the online world. For competence, 10% reported little competence crafting in the offline world compared to 25% in the online world.
To what extent do students try to craft their ABC?
Did you know?
By paying more attention to your ABC needs, you discover how to spend more time on what you feel is truly important. Through your choices you can give direction to your life, recharge your ABC battery and feel more energetic. Actively addressing your ABC needs - also called need crafting - contributes to your resilience and mental well-being.
Because the online world plays an important role in the lives of students, need crafting was measured in both the offline world and online world (social media).
Students seem to be more aware of which activities best satisfy their needs for autonomy and relatedness and/or they are more likely to proactively seek out those activities, compared to activities that best satisfy their need for competence.
Students seem to be more aware in ‘offline’ life of which activities boost their needs, and/or they seem to be able to make need-satisfying choices better in their offline activities than in online life on social media
Conclusions
- Students seem to be more aware of which activities best fulfil their needs for autonomy and relatedness and/or are more likely to proactively seek out these activities, compared to activities that best fulfil their need for competence;
- Students are more aware of which activities boost their needs in ‘offline life’ and/or are better able to make need-satisfying choices in their activities than in online life, on social media;
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Need crafting can be trained. By paying attention to your ABC you can give direction to your life, recharge your ABC battery and feel more energetic.
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