TY - JOUR
AU - Liu, Yanling
AB - Although previous research has found a strong association between psychological needs frustration and adolescent depressive symptoms, the extent to which the three specific basic psychological needs frustration—autonomy, relatedness, and competence need frustration—are associated with adolescent depressive symptoms has not been clearly defined. Additionally, the protective factors that alleviate the associations between these needs frustrations and adolescent depressive symptoms remain poorly understood. Based on the basic psychological needs theory and the need-satisfaction framework of self-esteem, we investigated the associations between these needs frustrations and adolescent depressive symptoms, and then compared the relative magnitude of these associations. Furthermore, we explored the role of self-esteem in buffering these associations. A survey comprising measures for basic psychological needs frustration, self-esteem, and depressive symptoms was conducted with a cross-sectional sample of 3161 adolescents (mean age = 13.81, SD = 1.52; 49.60% were male). The results revealed that these needs frustrations are significantly and positively associated with adolescent depressive symptoms; specifically, autonomy need frustration was found to have the strongest association with adolescent depressive symptoms, followed by relatedness need frustration. Moreover, they also showed that the associations between these needs frustrations and adolescent depressive symptoms weaken as self-esteem levels increase. These results offer insights useful for developing strategies for the prevention of and interventions related to depressive symptoms in adolescents.
TI - Which psychological needs frustration has the strongest association with adolescent depressive symptoms? The protective role of self-esteem
JF - Current Psychology
DO - 10.1007/s12144-023-05263-z
DA - 2024-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/which-psychological-needs-frustration-has-the-strongest-association-sGbvKIt0oN
SP - 11579
EP - 11592
VL - 43
IS - 13
DP - DeepDyve
ER -