1. The Validation of the German Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale in the Context of Mental Health
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Stephan Heinzel, Michael A. Rapp, Thomas Fydrich, Maarten Vansteenkiste, Barbara Flunger, Andreas Heissel, and Anou Pietrek
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media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Applied psychology ,Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften ,Frustration ,050109 social psychology ,Context (language use) ,Need satisfaction ,Mental health ,language.human_language ,German ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Scale (social sciences) ,Well-being ,language ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,ddc:610 ,Psychology ,Self-determination theory ,050104 developmental & child psychology ,media_common - Abstract
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).
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- 2018