ArticlePsychological assessment2023
The Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scales probably do not validly measure need frustration.
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- Assessing basic/fundamental psychological need fulfillment: systematic mapping and review of existing scales to foster cumulative science.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
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- Power Distance and Psychological Safety in LLM Counseling: Effects on Self-Efficacy with Implications for Mental Health-Relevant Behavior Change.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exploring personal digital media environments: a configural approach to digital stress.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Self-selected vs. prescribed aerobic exercise intensity: impacts on pleasure in women with obesity.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Your needs or mine? The role of allies' needs and their perceptions of disadvantaged groups' needs in motivating solidarity-based actions.The British journal of social psychology · 2025Article
- Effect of SNS addiction on prosocial behavior: mediation effect of fear of missing out.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The Associations of Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Need Frustration with Cannabis-Related Outcomes in a Multi-Site Sample of College Students.Journal of psychoactive drugsArticle
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Abstract
In basic psychological needs theory (BPNT), the separable constructs of need satisfaction and need frustration are theorized as pivotally related to psychopathology and broader aspects of well-being. The Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scales (BPNSFS; Chen et al., 2015) have rapidly emerged as the dominant self-report measure in the BPNT domain, with translated versions available in a wide range of languages and a plethora of versions adapted for specific populations and life contexts. Through (a) an extended conceptual discussion of the BPNSFS and (b) a collection of complementary data analyses in eight samples, we demonstrate that the BPNSFS probably does not validly measure need frustration. Most importantly, we conclude that the ostensible distinction between need frustration and need satisfaction in the BPNSFS is likely primarily a method artifact caused by different item keying directions, given the way the measure currently assesses the intended constructs. If so, then the use of the BPNSFS may be generating misleading conclusions, obstructing sound investigation of current BPNT. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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