TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pietrek, Anou F.
A1  - Kangas, Maria
A1  - Kliegl, Reinhold
A1  - Rapp, Michael Armin
A1  - Heinzel, Stephan
A1  - Van der Kaap-Deeder, Jolene
A1  - Heissel, Andreas
T1  - Basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration in major depressive disorder
JF  - Frontiers in Psychiatry - Mood Disorders
N2  - 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 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.
KW  - basic need satisfaction and frustration
KW  - depressive symptoms
KW  - clinical sample
KW  - need profiles
KW  - social environment
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.962501
SN  - 1664-0640
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
PB  - Frontiers Media S.A.
CY  - Lausanne, Schweiz
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fühner, Thea Heidi
A1  - Granacher, Urs
A1  - Golle, Kathleen
A1  - Kliegl, Reinhold
T1  - Age and sex effects in physical fitness components of 108,295 third graders including 515 primary schools and 9 cohorts
JF  - Scientific Reports
N2  - Children’s physical fitness development and related moderating effects of age and sex are well documented, especially boys’ and girls’ divergence during puberty. The situation might be different during prepuberty. As girls mature approximately two years earlier than boys, we tested a possible convergence of performance with five tests representing four components of physical fitness in a large sample of 108,295 eight-year old third-graders. Within this single prepubertal year of life and irrespective of the test, performance increased linearly with chronological age, and boys outperformed girls to a larger extent in tests requiring muscle mass for successful performance. Tests differed in the magnitude of age effects (gains), but there was no evidence for an interaction between age and sex. Moreover, “physical fitness” of schools correlated at r = 0.48 with their age effect which might imply that "fit schools” promote larger gains; expected secular trends from 2011 to 2019 were replicated.
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97000-4
SN  - 2045-2322
VL  - 11
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
PB  - Nature Portfolio
CY  - Berlin
ER  -