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Basic psychological need theory: Advancements, critical themes, and future directions

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Vansteenkiste, Maarten, Ryan, Richard M., Soenens, Bart·2020·Motivation and Emotion

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  • Premisecitation

    Earlier measures of BPNT's psychological needs primarily tapped into the presence of need satisfaction, with a few items measuring the absence or deprivation of need satisfaction being reverse-scored and combined into a composite satisfaction score.

    “Earlier measures of BPNT's psychological needs primarily tapped into the presence of need satisfaction, with a few items measuring the absence or deprivation of need satisfaction being reverse-scored and combined into a composite satisfaction score (e.g.Reeve and Sickenius 1994;Sheldon et al. 2001;Van den Broeck et al. 2010).”
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    All three psychological needs should be satisfied to foster the process of internalization.

    “Ideally then, all three psychological needs are satisfied to foster the process of internalization (Milyasvkaya et al. 2014).”
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    Needs that emerge only in response to frustrations of basic psychological needs often represent a need-substitute or a compensatory preference.

    “Needs that emerge only in response to frustrations of basic psychological needs often represent a need-substitute or a compensatory preference (Ryan and Deci 2017;Vansteenkiste and Ryan 2013).”
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  • Interpretationcitation

    The three needs, each uniquely and also interactively, are essential for individuals' well-being across ages, contexts, and cultures.

    “These three needs, each uniquely but also in interactive ways (e.g., Kluwer et al. 2019), appeared to be essential for individuals' well-being across ages, contexts, and cultures.”
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      The Conclusion (page unavailable) reports that autonomy and relatedness interact in their association with relationship-maintenance behavior, supporting the citation as an example of interactive needs. It does not establish an interaction involving all three needs or show that the interaction is essential for well-being across ages, contexts, and cultures; the Limitations section notes that the samples were mainly from Western nations. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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    A desire for power may signal that one feels 'caged' and is attempting to compensate for a lack of autonomy.

    “Similarly, a desire for power (Hofer and Bush 2019;Winter 1973) may signal that one feels 'caged' and, hence, is attempting to compensate for a lack of autonomy (Martela et al. 2019).”
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    Findingcitation

    Need frustration predicts lower happiness and multiple forms of maladjustment.

    “Conversely, the essential role of these basic psychological needs manifests also in the functional costs associated with their frustration, which predicts lower happiness and multiple forms of maladjustment (Bartholomew et al. 2011;Ryan et al. 2016).”
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      The General Discussion (p. 24) links need thwarting in athletes to multiple forms of ill-being, including depression, burnout, disordered eating, and negative affect. The claim about lower happiness is not supported by the daily findings: the Measures section (p. 20) includes “Happy” in positive affect, but the analysis (p. 22) says changes in positive affect were associated with need satisfaction, not need thwarting. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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    Basic psychological needs are universally applicable and operative, and thus relevant for individuals regardless of demographic characteristics, personality, or cultural background.

    “If psychological needs are inherent, they should be universally applicable and operative (Ryan and Deci 2017), and thus relevant for individuals regardless of their demographic characteristics (e.g., age, nationality, gender; Henning et al. 2019), personality (e.g., Mabbe et al. 2016), or cultural background (e.g., Benita et al. 2020).”
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    • The authors state this as an assumption: Human beings naturally develop in the direction of increasing adaptation, integration, and coherence where possible.
    • The authors state this as an assumption: Psychological needs form an ingrained part of our psychological make-up.
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    Findingcitation

    Offering external rewards for partaking in an interesting activity can undermine intrinsic motivation, presumably because controlling rewards shift perceived locus of causality from internal to external, diminishing autonomy.

    “In contrast, offering external rewards for partaking in an interesting activity can undermine intrinsic motivation (Deci et al. 1999), presumably because controlling rewards can shift one's perceived locus of causality (deCharms 1968) from internal to external, thereby diminishing a sense of autonomy (Houlfort et al. 2002).”
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    Findingcitation

    Need satisfaction predicts adjustment, characterizes satisfying life events, is critical to a sense of meaning in life, and contributes to harmonious passions.

    “Underscoring the claim that BPNT's core needs constitute such essential psychological nutrients, need satisfaction has been found to predict adjustment (e.g., Van den Broeck et al. 2016), to characterize satisfying life events (e.g., Sheldon et al. 2010), to be critical to a sense of meaning in life (González-Cutre et al. 2020;Martela et al. 2018) and to contribute to harmonious passions (Valleran”
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    Findingcitation

    Sheldon et al. (2001) found that the three basic needs were ranked in the top five of the most satisfied or deprived needs during satisfying and unsatisfying events, with all three uniquely relating to event-related affect.

    “Their work largely confirmed the critical role of the three basic needs, which were ranked in the top five of the most satisfied (or deprived) needs during both satisfying (and unsatisfying) events, with all three needs uniquely relating to event-related affect.”
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    Findingcitation

    Need satisfactions account for toddlers' curiosity-driven exploration, adolescents' negotiation of parental requests, and adults' engagement in volunteering.

    “Similarly, need satisfactions have been found to account for toddlers' curiosity-driven exploration of the environment (Whipple et al. 2011), adolescents' negotiation of parental requests (Van Petegem et al. 2017), and adults' engagement in volunteering (Huang et al. 2019).”
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      The Autonomy need satisfaction and frustration section measures adolescents’ anticipated autonomy satisfaction and negotiation in response to a maternal request. The General Discussion reports more negotiation among adolescents with an autonomy-supportive parenting history, but attributes that pattern to parenting context; it does not establish that need satisfaction accounts for negotiation. The toddler and adult findings are attributed to other citations, not this paper. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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    Specific behaviors denoting psychological need satisfaction include forming harmonious relationships, building rapport, steadily extending one's skills, and pursuing one's core interests.

    “Examples of specific behaviors denoting psychological need satisfaction include the formation of harmonious relationships and building rapport (Baker et al. 2020), steadily extending one's skills, or pursuing one's core interests (Weinstein et al. 2016a).”
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    Beneficence frustration correlated with various indicators of ill-being but failed to predict incremental variance above the frustration of autonomy, competence, and relatedness.

    “Although beneficence frustration correlated with various indicators of ill-being, it failed to predict incremental variance above the frustration of autonomy, competence, and relatedness.”
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    During the past decade, a conceptual and methodological breakthrough led to an exponential increase in the study of the 'dark' side of human functioning and to a focus on need thwarting conditions and need frustrating experiences.

    “During the past decade, however, a conceptual and methodological breakthrough led to an exponential increase in the study of the 'dark' side of human functioning and to a focus on need thwarting conditions and need frustrating experiences (Bartholomew et al. 2011;Vansteenkiste and Ryan 2013).”
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      The introduction (p. 4) describes recent conceptual and measurement advances that enabled research on need thwarting and the darker sides of functioning; Limitations and Future Directions (p. 28) calls the paper a new empirical approach. The copy does not establish that research increased exponentially over the past decade or attribute that growth to this advance. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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      The Abstract (page not specified) describes a rapidly growing body of research on need frustration and negative outcomes. The Need Thwarting Environments section (page not specified) likewise says an increasing number of studies examine need-thwarting environments. Neither passage establishes an exponential increase or attributes that growth to a conceptual and methodological breakthrough. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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    The finding that need frustration predicts incremental variance in maladjustment above and beyond low need satisfaction was confirmed in other life domains, such as work, education, romantic relationships, and exercising.

    “This work in the sport context was quickly confirmed in other life domains, such as work (Trepanier et al. 2016), education (e.g., Jang et al. 2016a), romantic relationships (e.g., Kindt et al. 2016;Vanhee et al. 2016), and exercising (e.g., Teixeira et al. 2018).”
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    Bartholomew et al. (2011) were the first to directly measure both need satisfaction and need frustration; their studies found the two types of need-based experiences to be negatively and moderately correlated, and need frustration to be especially predictive of ill-being including burn-out, eating symptomatology, and negative affect in athletes.

    “Bartholomew et al. (2011) were the first to directly measure both types of need-based experiences.Their series of 1 3 studies revealed two important findings.First, congruent with the presumed asymmetrical relation between need satisfaction and need frustration, both types of need-based experiences were found to be negatively and moderately correlated.Second, as hypothesized, experiences of need”
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    Need satisfaction and need frustration stand in an asymmetrical relation: the absence of need satisfaction does not necessarily imply the presence of need frustration, whereas the presence of need frustration denotes the absence of need satisfaction.

    “These two experiences (i.e., need satisfaction and frustration) stand in an asymmetrical relation to each other, as the absence of need satisfaction does not necessarily imply the presence of need frustration, whereas the presence of need frustration denotes the absence of need satisfaction (Vansteenkiste and Ryan 2013).”
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    The BPNSFS is currently the most widely used measure of need satisfaction and frustration, and it has been validated in multiple languages and adapted for specific contexts.

    “The BPNSFS is currently the most widely used measure.Originally validated in Dutch, English, Spanish, and Chinese, today a variety of translations and contextspecific adaptations are available, including validations in German (Heissel et al. 2018), Japanese (Nishimura and Suzuki 2016), Italian (Costa et al. 2018), Hebrew (Benita et al. 2020), Turkish (Selvi and Bozo 2020), and Portuguese (Cordeiro”
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    Premisecitation

    Need frustration relates positively to amotivation, controlled motivation, and disengagement, and negatively to autonomous motivation.

    “in the domain of physical education, Haerens et al. (2015) found basic need frustration to relate positively to amotivation, reflecting discouragement and helplessness.Following students throughout an entire school year, Bartholomew et al. (2018) reported that semester-to-semester variation in students' need frustration covaried positively with amotivation and controlled motivation, and negatively”
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    Among the direct costs associated with basic psychological need frustration are loss of motivation, disengagement, and experiences of ill-being and distress.

    “Among the direct costs associated with basic psychological need frustration are loss of motivation, disengagement, and experiences of ill-being and distress.”
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      The Discussion (page not provided) reports that need frustration was associated with amotivation in physical education students, while the Need satisfaction and need frustration section describes it as a vulnerability factor for ill-being and cites links with stress. The claim overstates these associations as direct costs, and this study does not establish disengagement as a direct outcome of need frustration. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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    Need frustration relates positively to a drive for muscularity among male bodybuilders, and relatedness frustration helped explain body builders' muscle checking and exercise-dependency.

    “need frustration related positively to a drive for muscularity among male bodybuilders (Selvi and Bozo 2020).Interestingly, particularly, relatedness frustration helped explain body builders' muscle checking and exercise-dependency (see also Edwards et al. 2016).”
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      The Abstract (page unavailable) reports that need thwarting predicted weightlifting and muscle dissatisfaction in a sample of men. It does not report a finding specifically about relatedness frustration, muscle checking, or exercise dependency among bodybuilders. The preceding claim about a positive relationship with drive for muscularity is cited to Selvi and Bozo, not Edwards et al. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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    Contingent self-worth functions as a double-edged sword, entailing great commitment but also relating to greater emotional distress.

    “Contingent self-worth functions as a doubleedged sword, on the one hand entailing great commitment (Crocker et al. 2003) but on the other hand also relating to greater emotional distress (Van der Kaap-Deeder et al. 2016).”
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    Profiles characterized by a stronger presence of need satisfaction and by an absence of need frustration yield the most adaptive outcomes, while the opposite profile of low need satisfaction and high frustration yields the most maladaptive outcomes.

    “Various profiles were identified, with those being characterized by a stronger presence of need satisfaction and by an absence of need frustration yielding the most adaptive outcomes.The opposite profile of low need satisfaction and high frustration yielded the most maladaptive outcomes (see also Vanhove-Meriaux et al. 2018).”
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    Need-specific coping reactions may be partially genetically determined but also rooted in developmental exposure to need-supportive or thwarting contexts.

    “Notably, such need-specific coping reactions may, in turn, be partially genetically determined but also rooted in developmental exposure to need-supportive or thwarting contexts (Van Petegem et al. 2017).”
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      The Discussion (page not provided) links adolescents’ constructive or maladaptive coping with their histories of autonomy-need support or frustration. It does not address genetic determination, and its findings concern autonomy-related coping rather than need-specific coping generally. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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    Promising work among secondary school and university students revealed considerable heterogeneity in need trajectories, although these studies focused on need satisfaction only.

    “Promising work in this are was conducted among secondary school (Ratelle and Duchesne 2014) and university (Gillet et al. 2019) students, thereby revealing considerable heterogeneity in need trajectories, although these studies focused on need satisfaction only.”
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    Interpretationcitation

    The study of need frustration as a separate dimension from need satisfaction has extended the reach of BPNT, with need-based experiences potentially playing a unifying role between literature on psychological growth and well-being and literature on psychopathology and risk.

    “Clearly, the study of need frustration as a separate dimension from need satisfsaction has extended the reach of BPNT, with need-based experiences potentially playing a unifying role between literature on psychological growth and wellbeing and literature on psychopathology and risk ( Vansteenkiste and Ryan 2013).”
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    Interpretationreasoning

    Need frustration elicits oppositional defiance, which may help explain why need frustration relates to a variety of externalizing problems such as resentment towards authorities, bullying, cheating, aggressive behaviors, and delinquency.

    “Further, the fact that need frustration elicits oppositional defiance may help to explain why need frustration relates to a variety of externalizing problems such as the expression of resentment towards authorities (Aelterman et al. 2016), bullying (Hein et al. 2015), cheating (Kanat-Maymon et al. 2015), aggressive behaviors (Vandenkerckhove et al. 2019a), and delinquency (Van Petegem et al. 2015a”
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    Oppositional defiance is reactive in nature because the primary goal is to escape from feeling controlled, and it is assumed to be an unskillful way of expressing resistance against authorities.

    “Such defiance is reactive in nature because the primary goal is to escape from feeling controlled (Koestner and Losier 1996).Oppositional defiance is assumed to be an unskillful way of expressing resistance against authorities (Parkin and Kuczynski 2012).”
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    The costs of need frustration manifest through one's dreams, with individuals appraising their dreams in a more negative way and reporting more negative dream contents on days that their needs get frustrated.

    “Interestingly, the costs of need frustration even manifest through one's dreams, with individuals appraising their dreams in a more negative way and reporting more negative dream contents on days that their needs get frustrated (Weinstein et al. 2018).”
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      The Study 2 Brief discussion (page unavailable) reports that on days of greater need frustration, participants experienced more negative emotions in their dreams, supporting the negative-appraisal part. It also says that day-to-day need experiences were unrelated to dream themes, so the claim that they reported more negative dream contents on those days is not supported if ‘contents’ means themes. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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    Interpretationcitation

    Need-based dynamics now appear critical for individuals with mild intellectual disabilities, for the engagement and productivity of crew members in a long-term mars simulation flight and for senior adults' adjustment who face the challenge of achieving ego-integrity.

    “To illustrate, need-based dynamics now appear critical for individuals with mild intellectual disabilities (Frielink et al. 2019), for the engagement and productivity of crew members in a long-term mars simulation flight (Goemaere et al. 2019) and for senior adults' adjustment who face the challenge of achieving ego-integrity (Custers et al. 2012).”
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      The Discussion (page unavailable) says that matching nursing home residents’ needs with their fulfillment is crucial for well-being, supporting the general point about need-based dynamics and adjustment. The paper concerns nursing home residents specifically; the searched passages do not address achieving ego-integrity, so that part of the attributed claim is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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    Both the percentage of variance explained by interactions and the number of obtained interactions is rather limited in most, if not all, studies.

    “That is, both the percentage of variance explained by interactions but also the number of obtained interactions is rather limited in most, if not all, studies (e.g., Katz et al. 2009;Van Assche et al. 2018).”
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    Adolescents who grew up in a home characterized by increasing autonomy-supportive socialization over the years perceived exposure to a new autonomy-supportive, relative to a controlling, encounter with parents as more autonomy satisfying and reacted in more constructive ways to a controlling situation.

    “For example, adolescents who grew up in a home characterized by increasing autonomy-supportive socialization over the years perceived exposure to a new autonomy-supportive, relative to a controlling, encounter with parents as more autonomy satisfying and reacted in more constructive ways to a controlling situation (Van Petegem et al. 2017).”
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    Chinese adolescents perceive the parental practice of guilt-induction as more benign compared to Belgian teens, yet still as more controlling and autonomy-thwarting compared to autonomy support.

    “Similarly, Chinese adolescents perceive the parental practice of guiltinduction as more benign compared to Belgian teens, yet still as more controlling and autonomy-thwarting compared to autonomy support (Chen et al. 2016; see also Chao and Aque 2009).”
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    Experimental studies indicate that learners benefit from an autonomy-supportive teaching style, with participants' motivational differences affecting these effects only to a limited extent.

    “Similarly, experimental studies indicate that learners benefit from an autonomy-supportive teaching style, with participants' motivational differences affecting these effects only to a limited extent (e.g., Delrue et al. 2019b;De Meyer et al. 2016;Flünger et al. 2019).”
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    Wörtler et al. (2020) found in samples of both Dutch and American employees that experiences of volition, mastery, and connection at work are conducive to employees' engagement and organizational citizenship behavior, with need strength moderating these effects only to a very limited degree.

    “To illustrate, Wörtler et al. (2020) found in samples of both Dutch and American employees that experiences of volition, mastery, and connection at work are conducive to employees' engagement and organizational citizenship behavior, with need strength moderating these effects only to a very limited degree.”
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    Adolescents high and low on trait autonomous functioning experienced a controlling parental request to put out extra effort after poor exams as equally autonomy frustrating, but those high on trait autonomy did not perceive the request as illegitimate, nor did they intend to defy the request.

    “To illustrate, adolescents high and low on trait autonomous functioning experienced a controlling parental request to put out extra effort after poor exams as equally autonomy frustrating, but those high on trait autonomy did not perceive the request as illegitimate, nor did they intend to defy the request, signaling a nuanced pattern of moderation (Van Petegem et al. 2019).”
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    The effects of need satisfaction on individuals' felt emotions and well-being become gradually less strong with decreasing explicit need strength, but even those low in need strength did not benefit from dissatisfaction or frustration of their needs.

    “To illustrate, the effects of need satisfaction on individuals' felt emotions (Flünger et al. 2013) andwellbeing (Van Assche et al. 2018) become gradually less strong with decreasing explicit need strength, but even those low in need strength did not benefit from dissatisfaction or frustration of their needs (see also Schüler et al. 2016).”
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    Psychologically controlling parenting has been found to relate to more internalizing problems irrespective of children's Big Five personality traits but to relate to externalizing problems mainly among children low on agreeableness.

    “Similarly, psychologically controlling parenting (i.e., a specific type of need-thwarting parenting characterized by love withdrawal and guilt-induction) has been found to relate to more internalizing problems irrespective of children's Big Five personality traits but to relate to externalizing problems mainly among children low on agreeableness (Mabbe et al. 2016).”
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      The Primary Analyses (page not provided) find that psychological control was related to externalizing problems among adolescents low in Agreeableness, but not those high in Agreeableness. The claim overstates the internalizing finding: in Sample 1, mother-reported psychological control was unrelated to internalizing problems among adolescents high in Extraversion or Emotional Stability, although adolescent-reported control showed no such moderation. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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    Big Five personality traits and differences in need strength have not been shown to reliably affect the functional role of need satisfactions on developmental outcomes.

    “Similarly, Big Five personality traits (Mabbe et al. 2016) and differences in need strength (e.g., Sheldon et al. 2001) have not been shown to reliably affect the functional role of need satisfactions on developmental outcomes.”
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      The Primary Analyses report that none of the Big Five traits significantly moderated the association between need frustration and adolescents’ problem behaviors. However, the Methods section says the study measured need frustration rather than need satisfaction, and its outcomes were problem behaviors rather than developmental outcomes generally. The separate claim about need strength is attributed to Sheldon et al., not to this source. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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      The Substantive Analyses (p. 6) found that need-strength interactions, as a set, did not significantly predict event-related affect, although one interaction was significant. The Summarizing the Results section (p. 12) likewise says need preferences did not moderate the main effects. This supports the cited point about need strength, but the paper tested event-related affect, not developmental outcomes; the Big Five portion is attributed to a different citation. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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    Findingcitation

    Positive feedback promotes greater interest and enjoyment of an activity, an effect accounted for by satisfaction of the need for competence.

    “To illustrate, positive feedback was found to promote greater interest and enjoyment of an activity (Vallerand and Reid 1984), an effect accounted for by the satisfaction of individuals' need for competence (De Muynck et al. 2017).”
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    The development and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle is affected by ongoing need satisfactions and frustrations, with a healthy lifestyle feeding back into individuals' need-based experiences.

    “Indeed, the development and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle is affected by ongoing need satisfactions and frustrations (e.g., Ng et al. 2012), with a healthy lifestyle feeding back into individuals' need-based experiences (Campbell et al. 2018c).”
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    • cites Campbell et al. 2018c source
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    Openness to experience moderates the relation between novelty satisfaction and well-being.

    “Different from Bagheri and Milyavskaya (2020), they reported some evidence for the moderating role of openness to experience in the relation between novelty satisfaction and well-being (cfr.Basic Criterion #5).”
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    • cites González-Cutre et al. 2020 source
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    Jang et al. (2009) found that autonomy and competence were most salient during self-generated satisfying events and accounted for substantial variation in event-related affect.

    “Autonomy and competence were most salient during self-generated satisfying events and accounted for substantial variation in event-related affect.”
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    Controlling for SDT's three basic needs, novelty satisfaction contributes to individuals' motivation and adjustment during exercising and to well-being, while novelty frustration relates negatively to well-being.

    “Controlling for SDT's three basic needs, novelty satisfaction was found to still contribute to individuals' motivation and adjustment during exercising (Study 1) and to well-being (Study 2), while its frustration was related negatively to well-being (Study 2; cfr.Basic Criterion #2).”
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    Novelty-variety can be factor-analytically separated from other needs, contributes uniquely to domain-specific well-being over and above ARC, and comes with a well-being cost when experimentally thwarted.

    “Defining novelty-variety as the individual's perception of experiencing or doing something new, including the possibility to swith things up in different combinations, Bagheri and Milyavskaya (2020) showed in a series of correlational and vignette-based experimental studies that novelty-variety can be factor-analytically separated from the other needs (Basic Criterion #4), that it contributes”
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    • cites Bagheri and Milyavskaya 2020 source
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    Moral satisfaction is related to the enactment of moral behaviors and to wellness at both between- and within-person levels of analysis.

    “In their contribution to the special issue, they provided further evidence by showing that moral satisfaction is related to the enactment of moral behaviors and to wellness at both between-and within-person levels of analysis, thereby satisfying Basic Criterion #5.”
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    • cites Prentice et al. 2020 source
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    Concerns about self-worth largely surface when basic psychological needs are frustrated, and self-esteem dynamics are primarily dependent upon the basic needs.

    “Concerns about self-worth largely surface on moments when the basic psychological needs are frustrated (Bartholomew et al. 2018), and thus the dynamics of self-esteem are primarily dependent upon the basic needs (Ryan and Brown 2003).”
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    • cites Ryan and Brown 2003
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    BPNT holds that individuals have a limited set of basic psychological needs, the satisfaction of which is essential for flourishing and well-being.

    “At the heart of BPNT (Ryan and Deci 2017) is the argument that individuals have a limited set of basic psychological needs, the satisfaction of which is essential for flourishing and well-being.”
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    • cites Ryan and Deci 2017 source
    • The authors state this as an assumption: Human beings naturally develop in the direction of increasing adaptation, integration, and coherence where possible.
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    A basic psychological need in BPNT should be sufficiently distinct from other identified basic needs, both experientially and dynamically.

    “Fourth, a basic psychological need in BPNT should be sufficiently distinct from other identified basic needs, both experientially and dynamically.”
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    BPNT considers both satisfaction and frustration of autonomy, competence, and relatedness, with frustration being a stronger and more threatening experience than mere absence of fulfilment.

    “BPNT considers both the satisfaction and frustration of these three needs, with frustration representing a stronger and more threatening experience than the mere absence of its fulfilment.”
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    Deprivation or frustration of these needs diminishes flourishing and increases risk for ill-being and psychopathology.

    “Conversely, deprivation or frustration of these needs diminishes flourishing and increases risk for ill-being and psychopathology.”
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    Basic needs should at times direct individuals' actions, leading people to proactively seek activities, goals, and relationships in which they can experience volition, mastery, and connection, and to avoid need-frustrating counterparts.

    “Consistent with the growth-instead of deficit-oriented character of basic needs within BPNT, people would have a propensity to actively seek activities, goals, and relationships in which they can experience a sense of volition, mastery, and connection, and to avoid need frustrating counterparts (Laporte et al. 2019;Weinstein et al. 2016a).”
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    • cites Weinstein et al. 2016a source
    • The authors state this as an assumption: Human beings naturally develop in the direction of increasing adaptation, integration, and coherence where possible.
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    Basic psychological needs should play an important explanatory role in the effects of social contexts on developmental outcomes, being context-responsive and mediating the relation between social environments and psychosocial adjustment.

    “Technically, basic psychological needs should be context-responsive constructs (Prentice et al. 2019), thus systematically showing variability as a function of contextual variations, while also mediating the relation between variations in social environments and individuals' psychosocial adjustment.”
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    • The authors state this as an assumption: Human beings naturally develop in the direction of increasing adaptation, integration, and coherence where possible.
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    Experiencing failure, feeling conflicted about identity-relevant choices, or feeling lonely each denote experiences of psychological need frustration.

    “Experiencing failure (Waterschoot et al. 2020), feeling conflicted about identity-relevant choices (Assor et al. 2020), or feeling lonely (Baumeister and Leary 1995) each denote experiences of psychological need frustration.”
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    • cites Assor et al. 2020 source
    • cites Baumeister and Leary 1995 source
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    Self-esteem, self-actualization, and meaning represent outcomes that follow from having psychological needs fulfilled.

    “Also, much like other potential need candidates, such as self-actualization (Maslow 1971) and meaning (Martela and Steger 2016), self-esteem represents an outcome that follows from having psychological needs fulfilled.”
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    • cites Martela and Steger 2016 source
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    People should gravitate towards need-supportive contexts, a tendency more visible for those with high levels of agency.

    “People should also gravitate towards need-supportive contexts, a tendency more visible for those with high levels of agency (Legault et al. 2017;Patall et al. 2019;Reeve 2013).”
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    Interpretationreasoning

    The involvement of psychological needs in phenotypically diverse phenomena speaks to their pervasive impact and underscores the parsimony of BPNT as a theoretical framework.

    “The observation that the psychological needs are involved in such phenotypically diverse phenomena speaks to the pervasive impact of these psychological needs and underscores the parsimony of BPNT as a theoretical framework.”
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    Interpretationcitation

    Need-based experiences are implicated in the way people think about and handle their final destiny, which speaks to the essential and pervasive nature of the SDT's current three basic needs.

    “The fact that need-based experiences are implicated in the way people think about and handle their final destiny again speaks to the essential and pervasive nature of the SDT's current three basic needs.”
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    Premisecitation

    Ryan and Deci (2017) argued that 'distinct human natures' can manifest as a function of not only genetic inclinations, but also contextual variations in basic need supports and thwarts and their interplay.

    “It is in this sense that Ryan and Deci (2017) argued that 'distinct human natures' (p.620) can manifest as a function of not only genetic inclinations, but also contextual variations in basic need supports and thwarts and their interplay (Van Assche et al. 2016).”
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    • cites Van Assche et al. 2016 source
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    In older adults, reflections on need frustration across one's life relate to death anxiety, in part because higher need frustration is associated with greater feelings of despair, bitterness, and regret.

    “In older adults, reflections on need frustration across one's life relate to death anxiety, in part because higher need frustration is associated with greater feelings of despair, bitterness, and regret (Van der Kaap-Deeder et al. 2019).”
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    Relatedness involves a sense of connection and mutuality at the individual level, extends to feelings of inclusion and harmony at the group level, and includes experiences of care vis-à-vis the broader society, the universe, and nature.

    “relatedness does not only involve a sense of connection and mutuality at the individual level (e.g.Fedesco et al. 2019), but extends to feelings of inclusion and harmony at the group level (Kelly et al. 2008;Sheldon and Bettencourt 2002) as well as experiences of care vis-à-vis the broader society, the universe, and even the proposed need-candidate relatedness with nature (Baxter and Pelletier 201”
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    • cites Kelly et al. 2008 source
    • cites Sheldon and Bettencourt 2002 source
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    Beneficence satisfaction initially appeared to conform to the criteria of a basic need, but subsequent work indicated that frustration of beneficence may fail to yield a unique contribution.

    “beneficence satisfaction initially appeared to conform to the criteria of a basic need (Martela and Ryan 2016;Martela et al. 2018), with subsequent work indicating that frustration of beneficence may fail to yield a unique contribution.”
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    • cites Martela and Ryan 2016 source
    • cites Martela et al. 2018 source
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    Interpretationcitation

    Findings concerning compensatory, substitute, and reactive processes associated with need frustration attest to the dynamic nature of need-related processes, and the depth in psychological functioning afforded by BPNT.

    “Moreover, findings concerning compensatory, substitute, and reactive processes associated with need frustration attest to the dynamic nature of needrelated processes, and the depth in psychological functioning afforded by BPNT (Ryan and Deci 2017).”
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    • cites Ryan and Deci 2017 source
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    Campbell et al. (2018a) showed that need frustration not only predicted adolescents' depressive symptoms and eating pathology, but also largely accounted for their co-occurrence and co-evolution across time.

    “Illustrating such a potentially transdiagnostic role, Campbell et al. (2018a) showed that need frustration not only predicted adolescents' depressive symptoms and eating pathology, but also largely accounted for their cooccurrence and co-evolution across time (Campbell et al. 2018a).”
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    • cites Campbell et al. (2018a) source
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    Apart from BPNT's basic psychological needs, people also require food, water, air, sex, sleep and other inputs to survive and to be physically healthy.

    “Apart from BPNT's basic psychological needs, people also require food, water, air, sex, sleep and other inputs to survive and to be physically healthy, as noted by drive-based theories (Hull 1943).”
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    Interpretationcitation

    Basic need frustration underlies phenotypically different symptoms and explains why these symptoms cluster at the surface level.

    “Thus, basic need frustration was found to underlie phenotypically different symptoms and to explain why these symptoms cluster at the surface level.”
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    Premisecitation

    There is growing and varied evidence showing how experiences of need frustration can elicit insecurity about self-worth and, as one compensatory strategy, foster ego-involved behaviors.

    “There is growing and varied evidence showing how experiences of need frustration can elicit insecurity about self-worth and, as one compensatory strategy, foster egoinvolved behaviors.”
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    • cites Bartholomew et al. 2018 source
    • cites Assor and Tal 2012 source
    • cites Lalande et al. 2017 source
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    Premisecitation

    Waterschoot et al. (2020) showed that participants dispositionally high on resilience displayed an attentional bias towards competence-relevant cues in response to manipulated negative feedback, and this attentional shift was functional in recovering from the blow to their competence need.

    “In an experimental study, Waterschoot et al. (2020) showed that participants dispositionally high on resilience displayed an attentional bias towards competence-relevant cues in response to manipulated negative feedback.In turn, this attentional shift was found to be functional in recovering from the blow to their competence need.”
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    • cites Waterschoot et al. (2020) source
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    Premisecitation

    Although defiance may be undertaken to restore threatened psychological needs and to regain a sense of independence and freedom, longitudinal research suggests that defiant adolescents become increasingly alienated from their personal preferences and interests, experiencing decreasing autonomy over time.

    “Although defiance may be undertaken to restore threatened psychological needs and to regain a sense of independence and freedom, longitudinal research suggests that defiant adolescents become increasingly alienated from their personal preferences and interests, experiencing decreasing autonomy over time (Van Petegem et al. 2015b).”
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    The difference between mental health and risk for psychopathology is a matter of continuity, with need-relevant dynamics playing a role both in actualizing individuals' potential for growth and in awakening vulnerabilities for psychopathology, as manifest in both subclinical and clinical disorders.

    “Instead, the difference between mental health and risk for psychopathology is a matter of continuity, with need-relevant dynamics playing a role both in actualizing individuals' potential for growth and in awakening vulnerabilities for psychopathology, as manifest in both subclinical and clinical disorders (Ryan et al. 2016).”
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    Premisecitation

    Studies have included measures of somatization and physical symptoms as indicators of ill-being, which were found to stem from low need satisfaction and especially high need frustration.

    “Studies have included measures of somatization and physical symptoms as indicators of ill-being (e.g., Reinboth et al. 2004;Reis et al. 2000), which were found to stem from low need satisfaction and especially high need frustration.”
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    • cites Reis et al. 2000 source
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    Premisecitation

    Skinner, Edge, Altman, and Sherwood (2003) identified for each of the three needs a family of need-relevant (mal)adaptive coping strategies.

    “Skinner, Edge, Altman, and Sherwood (2003) identified for each of the three needs a family of need-relevant (mal)adaptive coping strategies that deserve more empirical attention.”
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    • cites Skinner, Edge, Altman, and Sherwood (2003) source
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    Premisecitation

    Specific findings show that fluctuations in need frustration covary with contingent self-worth; self-aggrandizement following success and shame following failure are associated with need-thwarting parenting; obsessive passion is rooted in need frustration outside the activity; problematic Tinder use is predicted by self-worth enhancement rooted in relatedness frustration; and dysregulated gamingis

    “semester-to-semester fluctuations in students' need frustration covaried with semester-to-semester fluctuations in contingent self-worth (Bartholomew et al. 2018).Similarly, children's tendency to experience self-aggrandizement following success, and shame and inferiority following failure, appears to be associated with need-thwarting parenting styles (Assor and Tal 2012).Further, an obsessive”
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    • cites Bartholomew et al. 2018 source
    • cites Assor and Tal 2012 source
    • cites Lalande et al. 2017 source
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    Premisenone given

    Unlike ARC, which represent growth needs, deficit needs become salient and operative when unfulfilled, with their salience again waning when satisfied.

    “Unlike ARC, which represent growth needs, these deficit needs become salient and operative when unfulfilled, with their salience again waning when satisfied.”
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    Premisecitation

    The hoped-for emotional benefits associated with the pursuit of extrinsic goals are often overestimated, and the pursuit of extrinsic goals and even their attainment has been found to relate to diminished need satisfaction and increased need frustration, which helps explain their detrimental effects on well-being.

    “Ironically, the hoped-for emotional benefits associated with the pursuit of extrinsic goals are often overestimated (e.g., Sheldon et al. 2010).In reality, the pursuit of extrinsic goals and even their attainment has been found to relate to diminished need satisfaction and increased need frustration, which helps explain their detrimental effects on wellbeing (Hope et al. 2019;Leung and Law 2019;Un”
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    • cites Sheldon et al. 2010 source
    • cites Hope et al. 2019 source
    • cites Leung and Law 2019 source
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    Premisecitation

    Maslow (1954) proposed, in addition to physiological needs, a physical need for safety and security, which involves being protected against physical harm, uncertainty, and pain.

    “Also, in his highly popularized need-hierarchy Maslow (1954) proposed, in addition to these physiological needs, a physical need for safety and security, which involves being protected against physical harm, uncertainty, and pain.”
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    • cites Maslow (1954) source
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    Premisecitation

    Individuals with more extrinsic goals had more controlled motives for the key career goal they had selected, which led them to forego the pursuit of psychological need-satisfying activities during the year, and this psychological need sacrificing had a cost, with these students displaying increases in need frustration and associated distress by the end of the year.

    “Holding et al. (2020) illustrate how this can occur.In two large samples of university students, Holding et al. reported that individuals with more extrinsic goals had more controlled motives for the key career goal they had selected for themselves in the beginning of an academic year, which led them to forego the pursuit of psychological need-satisfying activities during the year.Such”
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    • cites Holding et al. (2020) source
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    Smith (2007) reported that undergraduates who experienced greater autonomy, competence, and relatedness during sexual interactions reported more positive outcomes and less negative outcomes.

    “Using an event-contingent diary methodology, Smith (2007) reported that undergraduates who experienced greater autonomy, competence, and relatedness during sexual interactions reported more positive outcomes (e.g.relaxed, satisfied) and less negative outcomes (e.g., regret, guilt).”
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    • cites Smith (2007) source
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    Van Egmond et al. (2020) found no evidence that resource scarcity, including deprivation of food and clean water, moderates the relation between psychological need satisfaction and self-esteem among Malawian adolescent girls, suggesting that psychological need satisfaction contributes to self-esteem even among adolescents growing up in very poor circumstances.

    “Van Egmond et al. (2020) examined whether resource scarcity, including the deprivation of food and clean water on a daily basis, may attenuate the beneficial role of Malawian adolescent girls' psychological need satisfaction.No evidence for moderation was found, suggesting that psychological need satisfaction contributes to self-esteem, even among adolescents growing up in very poor circumstances.”
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    • cites Van Egmond et al. (2020) source
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    Premisecitation

    The experimental induction of prospective economic threat, relative to a no-threat condition, was sufficient to undermine participants' needs for autonomy and competence, which explained their decreased well-being.

    “Congruent with this reasoning, the experimental induction of prospective economic threat, relative to a nothreat condition, was sufficient to undermine participants' needs for autonomy and competence, which explained their decreased well-being (Dupuis and Newby-Clark 2016).”
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    • cites Dupuis and Newby-Clark 2016 source
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    Interpretationreasoning

    On days that one's needs get frustrated, binge eating is more tempting because it may compensate for the negative affect associated with need frustration, and need frustration has a direct energy-depleting effect, which helps explain break-downs in self-control on such days.

    “Presumably, on days that one's needs get frustrated, binge eating is more tempting because it may compensate for the negative affect associated with need frustration.Also, need frustration has a direct energydepleting effect, which helps to explain break-downs in selfcontrol on such days.”
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    Premisecitation

    Several studies have reported that need satisfaction is predictive of healthier eating patterns, whereas need frustration predicts unhealthy and disrupted eating.

    “In terms of individuals' physiological need for food, several studies have now reported that need satisfaction is predictive of healthier eating patterns, whereas need frustration predicts unhealthy and disrupted eating (e.g.Pelletier and Dion 2007).”
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    • cites Pelletier and Dion 2007 source
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    Interpretationcitation

    The setting of expectations, the monitoring of whereabouts, and the provision of feedback can be done in more autonomy-supportive or controlling ways.

    “Rather, the setting of expectations (Vansteenkiste et al. 2012), the monitoring of whereabouts (Rodriguez-Meirinhos et al. 2019), and the provision of feedback (Carpentier and Mageau 2013) can be done in more autonomy-supportive or controlling ways”
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    • cites Rodriguez-Meirinhos et al. 2019 source
    • cites Carpentier and Mageau 2013 source
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    Premisecitation

    Need frustration is associated with higher stress, which in turn predicts dysfunctional pre-sleep cognitions that interfere with sleep patterns.

    “Potentially explaining these dynamics, need frustration was associated with higher stress which, in turn, predicts dysfunctional pre-sleep cognitions that interfere with sleep patterns (Campbell et al. 2017(Campbell et al. , 2018b)).”
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    • cites Campbell et al. 2018b source
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    Tavernier et al. (2019) reported that, after controlling for multiple covariates, need fulfillment among university students predicted improved sleep quality and an increase in sleep duration during the weekend (but not over the week) over one semester, while sleep patterns did not reciprocally feed back into need satisfaction.

    “Performing cross-lagged analyses, Tavernier et al. (2019) reported that, after controlling for multiple covariates (i.e., personality, chronotype, sleep medication, self-esteem, social desirability), need fulfillment among university students predicted improved sleep quality and an increase in sleep duration during the weekend (but not over the week) over one semester, while sleep patterns did not”
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    Interpretationcitation

    In sport athletes, both training-to-training and game-to-game variation in experienced need-supportiveness are predictive of athletes' self-confidence, autonomous sport motivation and their pro-and anti-social play.

    “For instance, in sport athletes, both training-to-training (Carpentier and Mageau 2016) and game-to-game (Delrue et al. 2017) variation in experienced need-supportiveness are predictive of athletes' self-confidence, autonomous sport motivation and their pro-and anti-social play.”
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    • cites Carpentier and Mageau 2016 source
    • cites Delrue et al. 2017 source
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    Premisecitation

    Campbell et al. (2018c) reported on a controlled sleep deprivation experiment in which participants were deprived of sleep for three consecutive nights; although reduced sleep had an immediate energy-depleting effect after the first night, it took three nights before need satisfaction was eroded, with a reduction in morning energy and an impaired mindful approach during the day accounting forthese

    “Campbell et al. (2018c) reported on a controlled sleep deprivation experiment in which participants were deprived of sleep for three consecutive nights (i.e., 5 h per night).Although reduced sleep had an immediate energy-depleting effect after the first night, it took three nights before need satisfaction was eroded, with a reduction in morning energy and an impaired mindful approach during the”
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    Premisenone given

    The notion that all human beings would share a similar set of basic psychological needs, the satisfaction of which is critical for well-being, flourishing, and psychological growth initially elicited quite some debate.

    “The notion that all human beings would share a similar set of basic psychological needs, the satisfaction of which is critical for well-being, flourishing, and psychological growth initially elicited quite some debate.”
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    Premisenone given

    The discussion centered especially on the need for autonomy, the most disputed need.

    “The discussion centered especially on the need for autonomy, the most disputed need.”
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    Premisecitation

    Autonomy was conceived by many scholars as an attribute that should come only in moderate doses or that would be beneficial only to specific groups of individuals, such as those growing up in individualistic cultures, adolescents who increasingly strive for more self-reliance, and highly educated employees who are socialized in taking initiative and expressing their voice.

    “Specifically, autonomy was conceived as an attribute that should come only in moderate doses or that would be beneficial only to specific groups of individuals, such as those growing up in individualistic cultures (Markus and Kitayama 2003), adolescents who increasingly strive for more self-reliance (Zimmer-Gembeck and Collins 2003), and highly educated employees who are socialized in taking init”
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    • cites Zimmer-Gembeck and Collins 2003

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    • cites Snibbe and Markus 2005 source
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    Interpretationcitation

    BPNT's universality claim especially holds with respect to the output-side of the model: any person, regardless of sociodemographic or psychological characteristics, should benefit, in one way or another, from need satisfaction and suffer from need frustration, if subjectively experienced.

    “Second, BPNT's universality claim especially holds with respect to the output-side of the model: any person, regardless of sociodemographic or psychological characteristics, should benefit, in one way or another, from need satisfaction and suffer from need frustration, if subjectively experienced (e.g., Vansteenkiste et al. 2006).”
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    • cites Vansteenkiste et al. 2006 source
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    Interpretationcitation

    Parents' request to monitor homework may be perceived as intrusive and meddlesome by some children, thwarting their need for autonomy, whereas for others it may be experienced as useful and constructive guidance so they can competently complete their homework.

    “To illustrate, parents' request to monitor homework may be perceived as intrusive and meddlesome by some children, thwarting their need for autonomy, whereas for others it may be experienced as useful and constructive guidance so they can competently complete their homework (e.g., Moe et al. 2018).”
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    • cites Moe et al. 2018 source
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    Interpretationcitation

    All studies in the current special issues reporting various benefits in relation to ARC satisfaction and costs in relation to ARC frustration, with participants from Brazil, Israel, Belgium, Peru, Canada, Turkey, Malawi, the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, and Korea.

    “The diversity of countries being sampled in the current special issues is remarkable, with participants coming from Brazil, Israel, Belgium, Peru, Canada, Turkey, Malawi, the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, and Korea, and with all studies reporting various benefits in relation to ARC satisfaction and costs in relation to ARC frustration (see also Benita et al. 2020).”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites Benita et al. 2020 source
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S1 (asserted), S3 (load-bearing).

    Premisereasoning

    In such views the benefits of autonomy depend on one's culture, age, and social class.

    “In such views the benefits of autonomy depend on one's culture, age, and social class.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationnone given

    Subareas on the right side in the circumplex model (i.e., attuning, guiding) yield the strongest correlates with need satisfaction and with desirable outcomes, whereas those on the left side (i.e., abandoning, domineering) yield the strongest correlates with need frustration and undesirable outcomes.

    “This circumplex serves as a guide or compass for socializing agents because, as can be expected, subareas on the right side in the model (i.e., attuning, guiding) yield the strongest correlates with need satisfaction and with desirable outcomes, whereas those on the left side (i.e., abandoning, domineering) yield the strongest correlates with need frustration and undesirable outcomes.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    Chen et al. (2015a) reported that their need-based model held across different countries, having provided evidence for the measurement equivalence of the BPNSNF scale across Chinese, Belgian, American, and Peruvian university students.

    “For instance, having provided evidence for the measurement equivalence of the BPNSNF scale across Chinese, Belgian, American, and Peruvian university students, Chen et al. (2015a) reported that their need-based model held across different countries (see also Church et al. 2013;Sheldon et al. 2011;Taylor and Lonsdale 2010).”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 3 sources checked
    • cites Chen et al. (2015a)

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

    • cites Church et al. 2013 source
    • cites Sheldon et al. 2011

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based).

    Premisenone given

    By conceiving autonomy as a universal psychological need, the claim made in SDT was that any person better thrives when this need is satisfied.

    “Yet, by conceiving autonomy as a universal psychological need, the claim made in SDT was that any person better thrives when this need is satisfied.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    Teaching a lesson in student preferred vs. non-preferred ways promoted greater autonomy, in turn, relating to greater engagement and learning.

    “To illustrate, Jang et al. (2016b) provided more refined insights in the way how choice can be implemented in the classroom by showing that teaching a lesson in student preferred vs. non-preferred ways promoted greater autonomy, in turn, relating to greater engagement and learning.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites Jang et al. (2016b) source
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    Effective intervention programs for teachers, parents and coaches are now available, showing benefits for both the persons being motivated and for the socializing agents themselves.

    “Effective intervention programs for teachers (e.g., Cheon and Reeve 2015), parents (e.g., Joussemet et al. 2014;Moe et al. 2018) and coaches (e.g., Reynders et al. 2019) are now available, showing benefits for both the persons being motivated and for the socializing agents themselves.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 3 sources checked
    • cites Cheon and Reeve 2015 source
    • cites Joussemet et al. 2014 source
    • cites Moe et al. 2018 source
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    Socializing agents can be trained to adopt a more need-supportive style and to move away from a need-thwarting style.

    “These studies indicate that socializing agents can be trained to adopt a more need-supportive style and to move away from a need-thwarting style.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.

    Premisenone given

    Most scholars emphasizing the limited benefits associated with autonomy have defined autonomy as acting independently and making independent choices, whereas autonomy within SDT implies that one's actions, thoughts, and feelings are undergirded by a sense of volition and authenticity.

    “Most scholars emphasizing the limited benefits associated with autonomy have defined autonomy as acting independently and making independent choices, whereas autonomy within SDT implies that one's actions, thoughts, and feelings are undergirded by a sense of volition and authenticity.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Premisecitation

    Volitional functioning can characterize independent behavior, when one wants to act on one's own, as well as a willing dependency on others for inputs and guidance.

    “Such volitional functioning can characterize independent behavior, when one wants to act on one's own, as well as a willing dependency on others for inputs and guidance (Soenens et al. 2018).”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites Soenens et al. 2018
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable), S3 (load-bearing), S4 (based).

    Interpretationnone given

    The circumplex structure is in need of replication, extension, and refinement in diverse age groups, life domains, and cultures.

    “Overall then, the circumplex structure is in need of replication, extension, and refinement in diverse age groups, life domains, and cultures.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    Marbell-Pierre et al. (2019) reported that parental provision of choice related to positive developmental outcomes among US, but not among Ghanaian adolescents.

    “Illustrative in this context is work by Marbell-Pierre et al. (2019), who reported that parental provision of choice related to positive developmental outcomes among US, but not among Ghanaian adolescents.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites Marbell-Pierre et al. (2019) source
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing), S4 (based).

    Interpretationnone given

    Today, research on basic psychological needs is active and growing.

    “The present overview makes clear that, today, research on basic psychological needs is active and growing.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    Not only the broader cultural ambience but also the more immediate family environment may alter the meaning attributed to need-relevant practices.

    “Not only the broader cultural ambience but also the more immediate family environment may alter the meaning attributed to need-relevant practices.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing). May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    The circumplex model suggests that the attuning approach may be more directly need-nurturing, while the participative approach is merely need-enabling.

    “Such findings are fully congruent with the circumplex model, which suggests that the attuning approach may be more directly need-nurturing, while the participative approach is merely need-enabling (Aelterman et al. 2019).”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites Aelterman et al. 2019 source
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable), S4 (based). May combine two claims.

    Interpretationnone given

    Concern for basic psychological needs has implications for (re)organizing schools and work settings, as well as for developing sustainable health care and welfare policies.

    “Concern for basic psychological needs also has implications for (re)organizing schools and work settings, as well as for developing sustainable health care and welfare policies.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    Although a controlling response was less favorable in both situations compared to an autonomy-supportive one, the context of disturbance attenuated some of the costs associated with coach control.

    “Although a controlling response was less favorable in both situations compared to an autonomy-supportive one, the context of disturbance attenuated some of the costs associated with coach control.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    Although need frustration and contextual need thwarting are generally detrimental to development and psychological growth, there is some evidence that interindividual differences determine the type of costs associated with need frustration and perceived need-thwarting socialization.

    “Finally, although need frustration and contextual need thwarting are generally detrimental to development and psychological growth, there is some evidence that interindividual differences determine the type of costs associated with need frustration and perceived need-thwarting socialization.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).

    Interpretationcitation

    Specific situational features may play a role in altering the perceived meaning and effectiveness of need-supportive and need-thwarting practices.

    “Finally, specific situational features may play a role in altering the perceived meaning and effectiveness of needsupportive and need-thwarting practices.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    American compared to Chinese elementary school children perceived a controlling teacher as more hurtful and controlling, which was reflected in their reduced motivation for schoolwork.

    “For instance, American compared to Chinese elementary school children perceived a controlling teacher as more hurtful and controlling, which was reflected in their reduced motivation for schoolwork (Zhou et al. 2012).”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites Zhou et al. 2012 source
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    There is no evidence that individuals suffer from basic need satisfaction, or show gains from frustrations; if anything, the nutritional basis of need satisfaction is more pronounced for some individuals.

    “That is, there is no evidence that individuals suffer from basic need satisfaction, or show gains from frustrations; if anything, the nutritional basis of need satisfaction is more pronounced for some individuals.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable), S3 (load-bearing), S4 (based). May combine two claims.

    Interpretationnone given

    Based on BPNT, the topic of basic psychological needs has been studied by researchers across the world, presumably because it touches upon fundamental theoretical questions regarding our human nature and carries far-reaching practical implications for parents, educators, managers, coaches and other social relationships.

    “Based on BPNT, the topic of basic psychological needs has been studied by researchers across the world, presumably because it touches upon fundamental theoretical questions regarding our human nature and carries far-reaching practical implications for parents, educators, managers, coaches and other social relationships.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation

    There is some evidence for gradations in the strength of the benefits and costs associated with, respectively, subjectively felt basic need satisfaction and need frustration, but no evidence for cross-over interactions has emerged.

    “Although there is some evidence for gradations in the strength of the benefits and costs associated with, respectively, subjectively felt basic need satisfaction and need frustration, no evidence for cross-over interactions has emerged.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
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  • The authors state this as an assumption.

    Human beings naturally develop in the direction of increasing adaptation, integration, and coherence where possible.

    “Specifically, in the organismic view that underpins SDT (see Deci and Ryan 1985;Ryan 1995), it is assumed that human beings naturally develop in the direction of increasing adaptation, integration, and coherence where possible.”
  • The authors state this as an assumption.

    Psychological needs form an ingrained part of our psychological make-up.

    “The assumption that psychological needs form an ingrained part of our psychological make-up opposes blank slate conceptions in which people's needs, values, and satisfactions are scripted or programmed into individuals by social environments.”
  • The paper relies on this without support.

    There are energizing forces within human nature that foster psychological growth and proactivity.

    “Instead, BPNT gives recognition to the idea that there are energizing forces within human nature that foster psychological growth and proactivity.”
  • The authors state this as an assumption.

    Full functioning requires the satisfaction of both psychological and physiological/safety needs.

    “Based on the assumption that full functioning requires the satisfaction of both psychological and physiological/safety needs”
  • The authors state this as an assumption.

    Individuals are vulnerable for being self-centered, passive, and aggressive.

    “SDT's meta-theoretical assumption that individuals are vulnerable for being selfcentered, passive, and aggressive”
  • The authors state this as an assumption.

    There is a growth tendency supported by universal needs.

    “because the assumption of a growth tendency supported by universal needs contradicts their blank slate, culture-as-script understanding of human propensities”
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  • Teachers provide structure to support students' need for competence.

    “Teachers provide structure to support students' need for competence.”

    From Blending Teacher Autonomy Support and Provision of Structure in the Classroom for Optimal Motivation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2025) · cites this paper as Vansteenkiste et al., 2020

    In Theme 4 (page unavailable), the paper describes structure, including setting expectations and providing feedback, as compatible with autonomy-supportive practice and says the combination yields adaptive outcomes. It does not specifically say that teachers provide structure to support students’ need for competence. (LLM, conf=0.78)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured
  • Satisfaction of basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, both in general and via media use specifically, has been linked to various psychological well-being indicators.

    “Finally, the satisfaction of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, both in general and via media use specifically, has been linked to various psychological well-being indicators (e.g., Johnson et al., 2020; Vansteenkiste et al., 2020).”

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Authors
Vansteenkiste, M., Ryan, R. M., & Soenens, B.
Affiliations
  • Ghent University (BE)
  • Australian Catholic University (AU)
Corresponding author
Vansteenkiste, Maarten
Venue
Motivation and Emotion
Published
2020-01-21
Volume
44
Issue
1
Pages
1-31
ISSN
  • 0146-7239 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6644
OpenAlex
W3001065916
Cited by
1,891
References
343
Citations by year
2026: 415 · 2025: 328 · 2024: 316 · 2023: 369 · 2022: 229 · 2021: 179 · 2020: 53 · 2019: 2
FWCI
226.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Motivation and Emotion (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Human Behavior and Motivation
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
Keywords
basic psychological needs, self-determination theory, need frustration, psychological need satisfaction, sleep, sex, hunger, maladjustment, motivation, wellness

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