Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration in J apan: Controlling for the Big Five Personality Traits
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Abstract : The present study investigated the function of satisfaction and frustration of the basic psychological needs – autonomy, competence, and relatedness – that contribute to subjective well‐being (life‐satisfaction, vitality, and depression) through a back‐translation procedure of the B asic P sychological N eed S atisfaction and F rustration S cale ( BPNSFS ). A total of 564 J apanese undergraduates (356 males, 205 females, three unknown; M age = 18.61 years, SD = 1.48) participated in a questionnaire survey. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the BPNSFS had the same six‐factor structure as that found in the original version. Structural equation modeling showed that satisfaction of each of the three needs contributed to the prediction of subjective well‐being (life satisfaction and vitality), whereas frustration of each need uniquely contributed to the prediction of ill‐being (depressed affect). These results support previous findings found in B elgium, C hina, the USA , and P eru, confirming that satisfaction of basic psychological needs represents a critical element for healthy functioning across cultures. However, controlling for the effects of the B ig F ive personality traits indicates the possible over‐estimation for the functions of the needs while clarifying these roles.
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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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- Authors
- Nishimura, T., & Suzuki, T.
- Affiliations
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Kochi University of Technology (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Nishimura, Takuma
- Venue
- Japanese Psychological Research
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-09-13
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 320-331
- ISSN
- 0021-5368 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-5884
- OpenAlex
- W2519257380
- Cited by
- 148
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 11.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Japanese Psychological Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Human Behavior and Motivation
- Keywords
- basic psychological needs, need satisfaction, need frustration, autonomy, competence, relatedness, subjective well-being, life satisfaction, vitality, depression, Big Five personality traits, cross-cultural comparison, Japanese university students, back-translation
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