Basic needs in normative contexts

Psychological need satisfaction and thwarting: A test of Basic Psychological Needs Theory in physical activity contexts

Objectives: To test Basic Psychological Needs Theory (BPNT; Deci & Ryan, 2002) to determine if psychological need thwarting experienced when physically active contributes to the understanding of wellbeing and ill-being. Design/method: Participants (N 1⁄4 155, 67.70% female, Mage 1⁄4 37.46 years; SDage 1⁄4 19.89 years) completed assessments of psychological need satisfaction and thwarting, subje...

Role of Basic Psychological Needs in Moral Identity

Background: Moral commitments of therapists is the important subject that attracted the attention of researches in the field of medical ethics. The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship between basic psychological needs and moral identity among medical students. Method: The plan of this research is descriptive-correlation. Subjects were 140 medical interns of Shiraz Universi...

Basic Research Needs for Superconductivity

Basic Psychological Needs in Predicting Exercise Participation

This study examined propositions stemming from self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985), which contends that motivational consequences and positive outcomes are predicted by the needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy. Participants completed the Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise (Wilson, Rogers, Rodgers, & Wild, 2006) scale and had their gym access activity monitored for ...

Science in response to basic human needs.

Despite the tremendous accomplishments in science and technology during this century, we go into the next century with nearly one fourth of the world population living in severe poverty and the gap between the rich and the poor widening. How can we alter this utterly indefensible situation? What changes in our development strategy can lead us to a more equitable society? The formidable power of...