The Validation of the German Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale in the Context of Mental Health
- 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).
Author details: | Andreas HeisselORCiDGND, Anou F. PietrekORCiDGND, Barbara Flunger, Thomas FydrichORCiDGND, Michael A. RappORCiDGND, Stephan HeinzelORCiDGND, Maarten Vansteenkiste |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1027/2512-8442/a000017 |
ISSN: | 2512-8442 |
ISSN: | 2512-8450 |
Title of parent work (English): | European Journal of Health Psychology |
Publisher: | Hogrefe |
Place of publishing: | Göttingen |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2018 |
Publication year: | 2018 |
Release date: | 2021/09/13 |
Tag: | basic psychological need frustration; depression; mental health; need satisfaction; well-being |
Volume: | 25 |
Issue: | 4 |
Number of pages: | 14 |
First page: | 119 |
Last Page: | 132 |
Funding institution: | University of Potsdam |
Organizational units: | Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften |
DDC classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Peer review: | Referiert |