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ArticleJournal of adolescence2025

Adolescent Psychological Adaptation: The Impact of Daily Levels and Instability in Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration.

Lan Chen, Mengya Xia

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Lan ChenHuman Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-7576-6535
Mengya XiaT. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, The Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6413-353X

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PREVENTION AND METHODOLOGY TRAINING (PAMT)T32DA017629 · NIDA · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK · PI Eric D Claus, Rina D Eiden · 2005 to 2026
$9.5M
NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA017629The project was funded by the Office for Research Development Small Grant Program (ORED) at the University of Alabama (PI: Xia). Lan Chen was supported by the Prevention and Methodology Training Program (T32 DA017629; MPIs: J. Maggs & S. Lanza) with funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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Abstract

introductionPsychological need satisfaction and frustration are distinct processes that have unique effects on adolescents' psychological adaptation. Beyond their average levels, psychological satisfaction and frustration exhibit meaningful daily instability that is expected to have implications for adolescents' psychological adaptation. However, research directly examining both average levels and instability in psychological need satisfaction and frustration is rare.

methodsA sample of 107 adolescents (ages 11-18; 38.3% female; 64.5% White/European American) across the United States was recruited via an online survey during 2020-2023. Using a 30-day diary and long-term design, this study aimed to capture both the level and instability of psychological need satisfaction and frustration, and their implications for adolescents' psychological adaptation (indicated by emotion regulation, resiliency, mental health, and self-esteem) 6 months later.

resultsPsychological need satisfaction and frustration played distinct roles in adolescents' psychological adaptation: levels of autonomy and relatedness satisfaction, as well as levels of competence frustration, consistently predict overall adolescent psychological adaptation 6 months later. Beyond levels, instability in autonomy frustration predicted adolescents' emotion regulation, resiliency, and mental health; instability in relatedness frustration predicted adolescents' mental health.

conclusionsResults emphasized the importance of simultaneously considering the differential roles of satisfaction and frustration in each psychological need. Also, findings highlighted the necessity of considering the dynamic nature of psychological needs.

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Adaptation, PsychologicalFrustrationPersonal SatisfactionAdolescentChildEmotional RegulationFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthPersonal AutonomyPsychology, AdolescentResilience, PsychologicalSelf ConceptSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited Statesadolescent adaptationdaily diary studydaily dynamicpsychological need frustrationpsychological need satisfactionself‐determination theory

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