Profiles of needs satisfaction and thwarting in older people living at home: Relationships with well‐being and ill‐being indicators

Abstract

The present results suggest using the BPNS and BPNT scales simultaneously to better understand the mechanisms that contribute to well-being and ill-being in older people. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 470-478.

Basic psychological need satisfaction across the retirement transition: Changes and longitudinal associations with depressive symptoms

“…Although numerous studies support the central role of need satisfaction for well-being in a variety of contexts (e.g., Ng et al 2012;Van den Broeck et al 2016;Vansteenkiste and Ryan 2013), most of this research has involved young and middle-aged adults (Ryan and Deci 2017;Ryan and La Guardia 2000). SDT has received little attention when it comes to the study of older adults (Coleman 2000;Neubauer et al 2017), though some studies (primarily cross-sectional studies) have been focused on older adults living in residential or nursing homes (Custers et al 2010;Ferrand et al 2014;Kasser and Ryan 1999;O'Connor and Vallerand 1994;Vallerand et al 1995) or older adults (mean age > 73) not living in residential or nursing homes (Mackenzie et al 2018;Vanhove-Meriaux et al 2018). The general findings suggest that need satisfaction is positively related to psychological well-being (including measures of depressive symptoms).…”

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

“…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). Longitudinal work that charts individuals' trajectories of need satisfaction and need frustration over time is welcomed to examine the evolution in the identified profiles.…”

Role of Need-Supportive Family Behaviours on Purpose in Life and Depressive Feelings of French Older People: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective

“…The psychological need frustration scale for older adults [20,21] was used to assess BPN frustration for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The French version of this questionnaire is composed of three four-item subscales [20].…”

“…Following the suggestions of previous studies [14,20,21], three different French questionnaires were used to assess satisfaction of BPN for autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Responses were reported on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).…”

“…Descriptive statistics and the correlation matrix are shown in Table 1. Based on previous research [20,21] or on cut-points for the geriatric depression scale [25], participants reported: (a) Low levels of depressive feelings and BPN frustration; (b) moderate scores of availability and satisfaction of social support; and (c) high scores of family support and BPN satisfaction for autonomy, competence and relatedness, and purpose in life. The correlations among the study variables did not indicate multicollinearity, as they ranged from −0.52 to 0.63.…”