Basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration in major depressive disorder
- Basic psychological needs theory postulates that a social environment that satisfies individuals’ three basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness leads to optimal growth and well-being. On the other hand, the frustration of these needs is associated with ill-being and depressive symptoms foremost investigated in non-clinical samples; yet, there is a paucity of research on need frustration in clinical samples. Survey data were compared between adult individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD; n = 115; 48.69% female; 38.46 years, SD = 10.46) with those of a non-depressed comparison sample (n = 201; 53.23% female; 30.16 years, SD = 12.81). Need profiles were examined with a linear mixed model (LMM). Individuals with depression reported higher levels of frustration and lower levels of satisfaction in relation to the three basic psychological needs when compared to non-depressed adults. The difference between depressed and non-depressed groups was significantly larger for frustration than satisfactionBasic psychological needs theory postulates that a social environment that satisfies individuals’ three basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness leads to optimal growth and well-being. On the other hand, the frustration of these needs is associated with ill-being and depressive symptoms foremost investigated in non-clinical samples; yet, there is a paucity of research on need frustration in clinical samples. Survey data were compared between adult individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD; n = 115; 48.69% female; 38.46 years, SD = 10.46) with those of a non-depressed comparison sample (n = 201; 53.23% female; 30.16 years, SD = 12.81). Need profiles were examined with a linear mixed model (LMM). Individuals with depression reported higher levels of frustration and lower levels of satisfaction in relation to the three basic psychological needs when compared to non-depressed adults. The difference between depressed and non-depressed groups was significantly larger for frustration than satisfaction regarding the needs for relatedness and competence. LMM correlation parameters confirmed the expected positive correlation between the three needs. This is the first study showing substantial differences in need-based experiences between depressed and non-depressed adults. The results confirm basic assumptions of the self-determination theory and have preliminary implications in tailoring therapy for depression.…
Author details: | Anou F. PietrekORCiDGND, Maria KangasORCiD, Reinhold KlieglORCiDGND, Michael A. RappORCiDGND, Stephan HeinzelORCiDGND, Jolene Van der Kaap-DeederORCiD, Andreas HeisselORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.962501 |
ISSN: | 1664-0640 |
Title of parent work (German): | Frontiers in Psychiatry - Mood Disorders |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media S.A. |
Place of publishing: | Lausanne, Schweiz |
Further contributing person(s): | Luca Steardo, Simone Battaglia, Ioana Valentina Miclutia |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2022/09/20 |
Publication year: | 2022 |
Release date: | 2023/03/02 |
Tag: | social environment basic need satisfaction and frustration; clinical sample; depressive symptoms; need profiles |
Number of pages: | 10 |
First page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 10 |
Funding number: | PA 2022_112 |
Organizational units: | Extern / Extern |
Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften | |
DDC classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Grantor: | Publikationsfonds der Universität Potsdam |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
External remark: | Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Gesundheitswissenschaftliche Reihe ; 8 |