ABSTRACT
Background: University students, as emerging adults, have autonomy as one of their central developmental tasks. Parents need to provide an autonomy-supportive environment to encourage students to act based on their volition, benefiting their psychological well-being. This study aims to explore the effect of parental autonomy support on psychological well-being by the mediation of autonomy satisfaction. Methods: 227 university students in Indonesia (21.6% male, 78.4% female) aged 18-24 years old (M = 20.73;SD = 0.93) participated in the study and completed an online survey. We used three validated Indonesian version questionnaires: Parental Autonomy Support, Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration, and Psychological Well-Being. Results: The result shows that autonomy satisfaction fully mediated the relationship between parental autonomy support and psychological well-being. Conclusion: This finding supported the self-determination theory framework and implied the importance of parental autonomy support in enhancing university students' psychological well-being, especially in pandemic situations. © 2022 Akram et al.