@article{HeisselPietrekFlungeretal.2018,
  author    = {Heissel, Andreas and Pietrek, Anou F. and Flunger, Barbara and Fydrich, Thomas and Rapp, Michael Armin and Heinzel, Stephan and Vansteenkiste, Maarten},
  title     = {The Validation of the German Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale in the Context of Mental Health},
  series = {European Journal of Health Psychology},
  volume    = {25},
  journal   = {European Journal of Health Psychology},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Hogrefe},
  address   = {G{\"o}ttingen},
  issn      = {2512-8442},
  doi       = {10.1027/2512-8442/a000017},
  pages     = {119 -- 132},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {The primary aim of the current study was to examine the unique contribution of psychological need frustration and need satisfaction in the prediction of adults' mental well-being and ill-being in a heterogeneous sample of adults (N = 334; Mage = 43.33, SD = 32.26; 53\% females). Prior to this, validity evidence was provided for the German version of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS) based on Self-Determination Theory (SDT). The results of the validation analyses found the German BPNSFS to be a valid and reliable measurement. Further, structural equation modeling (SEM) showed that both need satisfaction and frustration yielded unique and opposing associations with well-being. Specifically, the dimension of psychological need frustration predicted adults' ill-being. Future research should examine whether frustration of psychological needs is involved in the onset and maintenance of psychopathology (e.g., major depressive disorder).},
  language  = {en}
}