Change in Maslow’s hierarchy of basic needs: evidence from the study of well-being in Mexico

Maslow's pyramid is a symbol that has endured in the image of psychologists, scientists, businessmen and politicians around the world; its premise expresses a hierarchy of needs, but sometimes this idea is con-fused with sequentiality and ascendancy of satisfaction that begins with physiologica...

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Autores: Méndez, Alfonso, Rojas, Mariano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Murcia
Repositorio:DIGITUM. Depósito Digital Institucional de la Universidad de Murcia
OAI Identifier:oai:digitum.um.es:10201/143643
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.6018/analesps.511101
http://hdl.handle.net/10201/143643
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Motivation
Gratification
Motivación
Gratificación
CDU::1 - Filosofía y psicología::159.9 - Psicología
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Sumario:Maslow's pyramid is a symbol that has endured in the image of psychologists, scientists, businessmen and politicians around the world; its premise expresses a hierarchy of needs, but sometimes this idea is con-fused with sequentiality and ascendancy of satisfaction that begins with physiological needs and ends with self-actualization. This article examines empirically the hierarchy of basic needs from the perspective of subjective well-being in Mexico. The analyzes are carried out with a sample of 38,560 cases from the Mexican population, using a stepwise forward multiple linear regression model. The main finding is that the needs for love and belonging are the ones that explain satisfaction with life to a greater degree, the hierarchy proposed by Maslow changes insofar as its importance for subjective well-being. The relevance of belonging needs as explanatory fac-tor of well-being in Mexico is discussed