Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction: A Way to Enhance Resilience in Traumatic Situations

Rodríguez, María José Lera; Abualkibash, Shadi Khalil

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“…According to SDT, all three needs are independently important to well-being, and thus satisfaction of one need cannot fully compensate for the satisfaction of another ( Sheldon & Niemiec, 2006 ). Moreover, evidence points to the relevance of these basic needs to wellness even in conditions of threat or insecurity (e.g., Lera & Abualkibash, 2022 ; Vermote et al, 2022 ). Although SDT has been the theory most focused on these three needs, it is worth noting that many other theoretical frameworks have also separately proposed relatedness ( Alderfer, 1972 ; Baumeister & Leary, 1995 ; Maslow, 1954 ), competence or efficacy ( Bandura, 1977 ; R. W. White, 1959 ), and autonomy ( Doyal & Gough, 1991 ; Yu et al, 2018 ) as fundamental psychological needs essential to well-functioning.…”

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Clarifying Eudaimonia and Psychological Functioning to Complement Evaluative and Experiential Well-Being: Why Basic Psychological Needs Should Be Measured in National Accounts of Well-Being

Martela

Ryan

2023

Perspect Psychol Sci

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Measuring subjective well-being as a key indicator of national wellness has increasingly become part of the international agenda. Current recommendations for measuring well-being at a national level propose three separate dimensions: evaluative well-being, experiential well-being, and eudaimonia. Whereas the measurement of the first two dimensions is relatively standardized, the third category has remained undertheorized, lacking consensus on how to define and operationalize it. To remedy the situation, we propose that the third dimension should focus on psychological functioning and the identification of key psychological factors humans generally need to live well. A key part of psychological functioning is the satisfaction of basic psychological needs—specific types of satisfying experiences that are essential for psychological health and well-being. Psychological needs as a category provides a parsimonious set of elements with clear inclusion criteria that are strongly anchored in theory and our current understanding of human nature—and could thus form a core part of the third, “eudaimonic” dimension of well-being. The needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness have especially received broad empirical support. Accordingly, national accounts of well-being should include measures for key psychological needs to gain an enriched and practically useful understanding of the well-being of the citizens.

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Clarifying Eudaimonia and Psychological Functioning to Complement Evaluative and Experiential Well-Being: Why Basic Psychological Needs Should Be Measured in National Accounts of Well-Being

Martela

Ryan

2023

Perspect Psychol Sci

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“…SDT researchers have examined the relationship between need satisfaction and various outcomes, and have repeatedly shown that need satisfaction was essential for a wide range of positive results, such as optimism (Ionescu & Iacob, 2019), wellbeing (Šakan et al, 2020), resilience enhancement in traumatic situations (Lera & Abualkibash, 2022).…”

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Basic Psychological Needs as Predictors of Self-Handicapping Behaviors

Ilić,

Šakan

2023

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The purpose of this paper was to examine the relationship between the basic psychological needs related to satisfaction and frustration with various types of self-handicapping behaviors. The sample consisted of 518 adults (Mage = 35.87, SD = 10.36), 108 of which (20.8%) declared themselves as male. The instruments used were the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (BPNSFS), and the Self-Handicapping questionnaire (SH). The results show that the frustrations of the basic psychological needs, on average, correlate more strongly with selfhandicapping behaviors, than with their satisfaction. In addition, in the hierarchical regression models, frustrations of the basic psychological needs prove to be stronger predictors of self-handicapping behaviors than low satisfaction levels of the same needs. In general, competence frustration is the strongest predictor of all forms of self-handicapping behaviors, while relatedness frustration increases in significance in its relation to self-handicapping behaviors in interpersonal relationships. Autonomy frustration shows relevance in explaining all forms of self-handicapping behaviors, although slightly weaker than competence and relatedness frustration. These findings indicate the salience of the frustration of the basic psychological needs in various selfhandicapping behaviors, and provide more detailed information on the value of each basic psychological need in the tested relations.

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“…Considering that these psychological needs are fundamental, limited need satisfaction may lessen wellbeing and increase vulnerability to psychopathology [7,8]. Indeed, there is evidence that the satisfaction of basic psychological needs is positively correlated with resilience and post-traumatic growth among traumatized individuals [20,21] and that refugees who experience more need frustration exhibit more symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder [22]. Psychosocial interventions designed to address these needs showed promise in reducing symptoms of depression and generalized stress among refugees [22]; thus, researchers have advocated for policies and interventions to focus on fulfilling forcibly displaced people's psychosocial needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness during resettlement [19].…”

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The Relationship between Wellbeing, Self-Determination, and Resettlement Stress for Asylum-Seeking Mothers Attending an Ecosocial Community-Based Intervention: A Mixed-Methods Study

Wu,

Kreitewolf,

Kronick

2023

IJERPH

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Psychosocial support programs have been increasingly implemented to protect asylum seekers’ wellbeing, though how and why these interventions work is not yet fully understood. This study first uses questionnaires to examine how self-efficacy, satisfaction of basic psychological needs, and adaptive stress may influence wellbeing for a group of asylum-seeking mothers attending a community-based psychosocial program called Welcome Haven. Second, we explore mothers’ experiences attending the Welcome Haven program through qualitative interviews. Analysis reveals the importance of relatedness as a predictor of wellbeing as well as the mediating role of adaptive stress between need satisfaction and wellbeing. Further, attending Welcome Haven is associated with reduced adaptive stress and increased wellbeing, which correspond with the thematic analysis showing that attendance at the workshops fostered a sense of belonging through connection with other asylum seekers and service providers as well as empowerment through access to information and self-expression. The results point to the importance of community-based support that addresses adaptive stress and the promotion of social connection as key determinants of wellbeing. Nonetheless, the centrality of pervasive structural stressors asylum seekers experience during resettlement also cautions that relief offered by interventions may be insufficient in the face of ongoing systemic inequality and marginalization.

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Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction: A Way to Enhance Resilience in Traumatic Situations

Cited by 9 publications

References 29 publications

Clarifying Eudaimonia and Psychological Functioning to Complement Evaluative and Experiential Well-Being: Why Basic Psychological Needs Should Be Measured in National Accounts of Well-Being

Clarifying Eudaimonia and Psychological Functioning to Complement Evaluative and Experiential Well-Being: Why Basic Psychological Needs Should Be Measured in National Accounts of Well-Being

Basic Psychological Needs as Predictors of Self-Handicapping Behaviors

The Relationship between Wellbeing, Self-Determination, and Resettlement Stress for Asylum-Seeking Mothers Attending an Ecosocial Community-Based Intervention: A Mixed-Methods Study

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