TY  - JOUR
A1  - Heissel, Andreas
A1  - Pietrek, Anou F.
A1  - Flunger, Barbara
A1  - Fydrich, Thomas
A1  - Rapp, Michael Armin
A1  - Heinzel, Stephan
A1  - Vansteenkiste, Maarten
T1  - The Validation of the German Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale in the Context of Mental Health
JF  - European Journal of Health Psychology
N2  - 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).
KW  - basic psychological need frustration
KW  - need satisfaction
KW  - mental health
KW  - well-being
KW  - depression
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000017
SN  - 2512-8442
SN  - 2512-8450
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
SP  - 119
EP  - 132
PB  - Hogrefe
CY  - Göttingen
ER  -