The Mediating Effect of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction between Future Socio-Economic Status and Undergraduates’ Sense of Meaning in Life

Finding meaning in life helps improve undergraduates’ well-being, hope, and adaptation to life. To investigate the relationship between future socioeconomic status (future SES) sense of life, 333 undergraduates were surveyed using Meaning Life Scale, Basic Psychological Needs Scales, Social Ladder Scale. Results showed that (1) was at middle level, their current SES low, but high. (2) The significantly predicted by SES, with sex, age, objective controlled. (3) psychological needs satisfaction mediated influence on Thus, expected influenced through satisfying basic needs, i.e., relatedness need, autonomy competence need.