Basic psychological need satisfaction, need frustration, and need strength across four cultures

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 216-236

  Chen, Beiwen ^a   Vansteenkiste, Maarten ^a   Beyers, Wim ^a   Boone, Liesbet ^a   Deci, Edward L ^b   Van der Kaap Deeder, Jolene ^a   Duriez, Bart ^c   Lens, Willy ^c   Matos, Lennia ^d   Mouratidis, Athanasios ^c   Ryan, Richard M ^b   Sheldon, Kennon M ^e   Soenens, Bart ^a   Van Petegem, Stijn ^a   Verstuyf, Joke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic psychological need satisfaction; Need frustration; Need strength; Needs Universality; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925401573     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: 15736644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-014-9450-1     Document Type: Article

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