title: Balance across contexts: importance of balanced need satisfaction across various life domains.
abstract: Self-determination theory posits that satisfaction of three basic psychological needs-autonomy, competence, and relatedness-are required for psychological well-being, and a recent study showed that the balance in the satisfaction of these three needs independently affects well-being. The present investigation builds on these findings by examining the balance of adolescents' need satisfaction across distinct life contexts. The results of three studies show that adolescents who experience a balance of need satisfaction across important life contexts, including at school, at home, with friends, and in part-time jobs, reported higher well-being and better school adjustment. This finding emerged consistently across four countries and across multiple measures of school adjustment, including teacher reports. Together, these results support previous research that highlights the importance of consistency for psychological functioning.
authors: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. marina.milyavskaya@mail.mcgill.ca
authors: Marina
authors: M
authors: Milyavskaya
authors: Isabelle
authors: I
authors: Gingras
authors: Geneviève A
authors: GA
authors: Mageau
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Koestner
authors: Hugo
authors: H
authors: Gagnon
authors: Jianqun
authors: J
authors: Fang
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Boiché
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D033062:Friends / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D033182:Intention; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010552:Personality Assessment; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D011792:Quebec; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment; D012933:Social Identification; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology