Autonomy Support, Basic Psychological Needs and Well-Being in Mexican Athletes

Autonomy support, basic psychological needs and well-being in Mexican athletes.

Based on Basic Needs Theory, one of the mini-theories of Self-determination Theory (Ryan & Deci, 2002), the present study had two objectives: (a) to test a model in the Mexican sport context based on the following sequence: perceived coach autonomy support, basic psychological needs satisfaction, and psychological well-being, and b) to analyze the mediational effect of the satisfaction of perce...

Psycho-Social Well-being in Female Students: The role of perceived parental autonomy support and warmth

Purpose: According to self-determination theory well-being of individuals rests upon meeting the psychological need to autonomy, competence, and relatedness and the environment which provides the ground to meet these needs can facilitate psychological well-being of people. The goal of present research is to investigate the role of paternal and maternal autonomy support and warmth in psychologic...

Well - being , Wellness and Basic Human Needs in Home Economics

Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Mediates the Association between Self-Control Skills and Subjective Well-Being

Although studies have shown that self-control skills (SCSs) are positively linked to both personal and interpersonal outcomes in adolescent students, studies on the putative mechanisms underlying this relationship are scarce. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory and previous studies, we theorized that the association between students' SCSs and their subjective well-being (SWB) in school may be ...

The Benefits of Benevolence: Basic Psychological Needs, Beneficence, and the Enhancement of Well-Being.

Pro-social behaviors have been associated with enhanced well-being, but what psychological mechanisms explain this connection? Some theories suggest that beneficence-the sense of being able to give-inherently improves well-being, whereas evidence from self-determination theory (Weinstein & Ryan, 2010) shows that increases in well-being are mediated by satisfaction of innate psychological needs ...