Momentary Happiness: The Role of Psychological Need Satisfaction

Howell, Ryan T.; Chenot, David; Hill, Graham; Howell, Colleen

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“…Similarly, the need balance model was minimally predictive of well-being outcomes of collegiate athletes and held no predictive ability in Milyavskaya and colleagues (2009) Gunnell et al, 2011;Hofer & Busch, 2011;Howell et al, 2011;Milyavskaya & Koestner, 2011;Sheldon & Niemiec, 2006;Wilson et al, 2006). Perhaps, balance across satisfaction of the three needs is not an important predictor in children and adolescents because, as we have seen with the present study, the predictive ability of satisfaction of some needs varies as a function of development.…”

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“…There has been much empirical evidence to support the association between satisfaction of intrinsic needs and various indices of psychological well-being, such as momentary happiness (Howell, et al, 2011), vitality, positive affect (Adie, Duda, & Ntoumanis, 2012;Bartholomew, Ntoumanis, Ryan, Bosch, & Thogersen-Ntoumani, 2011;Milyavskaya & Koestner, 2011;Reis, Sheldon, Gable, Roscoe, & Ryan, 2000;Sheldon, Ryan, & Reis, 1996), self-esteem (Amarose, Anderson-Butcher, & Cooper, 2009;Heppner, et al, 2008;Ilardi, Leone, Kasser, & Ryan, 1993), relationship functioning and quality (Patrick, Knee, Canevello, & Lonsbary, 2007), and security of attachment (La Guardia, Ryan, Couchman, & Deci, 2000). Furthermore, there is empirical evidence to suggest that when needs are not fulfilled, negative psychological consequences result such as unhappiness, dissatisfaction with life, lack of selfactualization (Meyer, Enstrom, Harstveit, Bowles, & Beevers, 2007), disordered eating, burnout, depression, anxiety, negative affect, and physical symptoms (Baard, Deci, & Ryan, 2004;Bartholomew et al, 2011;Quested et al, 2011;Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Ntoumanis, & Nikitaras, 2010).…”

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“…As the basic needs are purported to be universal aspects of functioning, their existence is expected to be evident across cultures and throughout an individual's lifespan, although their relative salience and avenues for satisfaction may vary Ryan & Deci, 1985. While much research has been undertaken examining the benefits of need satisfaction in adult populations (Gunnell, Mack, Wilson, & Adachi, 2011;Hofer & Busch, 2011;Howell, Chenot, Hill, & Howell, 2011;Milyavskaya & Koestner, 2011;Sheldon & Niemiec, 2006;Wilson, Longley, Muon, Rodgers, & Murray, 2006) few studies have examined the usefulness of the basic needs in predicting depressive symptoms and well-being in child and adolescent populations. These child and adolescent studies have found support for the importance of some needs but not for others, suggesting that the benefits and consequences of amount of satisfaction of some needs may vary as a function of developmental period (Milyavskaya, et al, 2009;Veronneau et al, 2005).…”

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The balance of intrinsic need satisfaction across contexts as a predictor of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents

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In their Self-Determination Theory (SDT), Deci and Ryan (1985) posit autonomy, competence, and relatedness as three intrinsic needs that contribute to well-being throughout the lifespan. Addressing the argument that the universality with which SDT makes its predictions may ignore critical developmental differences, Ryan and Deci (2000) contend that although these three needs are developmentally persistent, their relative salience may in fact vary across the lifespan. This became apparent with the finding that fulfillment of some needs was inconsequential in the prediction of depressive symptoms in a sample of children and that the experience of a balance of overall need satisfaction across important life contexts accounted for well-being over and above individual need satisfaction in a sample of adolescents (Milyavskaya et al., 2009;Veronneau, Koestner, & Abela, 2005). Despite these advances, a concrete examination of the relative salience of intrinsic needs has yet to be examined in a developmentally comparative manner. Thus, the objective of this thesis was to test the applicability of SDT across developmental periods by differentiating children and adolescents on the importance of individual needs (i.e., autonomy, competence, relatedness) and the role of balance across contexts (i.e., home, school, peers) in predicting depressive symptoms.

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“…Using the Big Five Personality Model, Tkach, and Lyubomirsky (2006) found out that personality traits can mediate happiness, especially extraversion. Howell, Chenot, Hill, and Howell (2011) concluded that satisfaction of daily psychological needs results to happiness. As children mainly focuses on their peers and family relationship (Holder & Coleman, 2007) as similar with the adolescents (Chen & Lu, 2009) and romantic relationship for married adults (Demir, 2008;Demir, 2010) while best friend and mother relationship arouse for single adults (Demir, 2010).…”

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Exploring Filipino adolescents’ conception of happiness

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The current paper aimed to explore the meaning and conception of happiness among selected Filipino adolescents. Ten Filipino college students whose ages range between 16 and 20 were selected through purposive sampling. The study employed qualitative-descriptive research design. Findings showed that happiness is a multifaceted construct that involved the following major themes: satisfaction of wants, absence of worries, expression of positive emotions, motivational drive, and fulfillment of relational needs. Distinct personal characteristics and positive behavioral strategies predictive of happiness were identified as well. Enhancing positive emotions, positive traits and behavioral strategies of individuals from this developmental phase may be a good step to increase their social, psychological and occupational functioning in the form of academic, extra-curricular, co-curricular endeavours.

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“…The idea that "happiness is the sum total of all particular pleasures" of one sort or another has been explored in the past 20 years under various names, e.g., affective happiness (Helliwell, Layard, & Sachs, 2012), momentary happiness (Howell, Chenot, Hill, & Howell, 2011) hedonia (Deci & Ryan, 2008), hedonic enjoyment (Waterman, Schwartz, & Conti, 2008, hedonic happiness (Seligman, 2002) and objective happiness (Kahneman, 1999). The pleasures are typically regarded as time-limited or transitory and somehow connected to particular feelings or experiences.…”

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Western Historical Traditions of Well-Being

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2017

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This chapter provides a brief historical overview of western philosophical views about human well-being from the eighth century BCE to the middle of the twentieth century. Different understandings of the concept of well-being are explained, including our preferred understanding of well-being as the subjective states and objective conditions that make our lives go well for us. While this review is necessarily incomplete, we aim to discuss some of the most salient and influential contributions to our subject. To that end, we discuss some key views from ancient Greece, including the aristocratic values that were considered central to leading a good life, notions of personal and more expansive harmony as they key to well-being, and the idea that the experience of pleasure is all we should really care about. We also explain some of the major religious conceptions of the good life, and their progression through the middle ages and beyond. More recent secular conceptions of wellbeing, including several views on the importance of personal and public happiness. Finally, we discuss views to the effect that happiness is not enough for the good life and that we should strive for loftier goals.

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Momentary Happiness: The Role of Psychological Need Satisfaction

Abstract: Subjective well-being, Happiness, Self-determination theory, Psychological needs,

Cited by 78 publications

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The balance of intrinsic need satisfaction across contexts as a predictor of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents

The balance of intrinsic need satisfaction across contexts as a predictor of depressive symptoms in children and adolescents

Exploring Filipino adolescents’ conception of happiness

Western Historical Traditions of Well-Being

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