Social context factors influence basic psychological need satisfaction; a cross-sectional survey among Indonesian adolescents

Fitri Ariyanti Abidin*, Joeri K. Tijdink, Poeti Joefiani, Rismijati E. Koesma, Juke R. Siregar

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Abstract

The Basic Psychological Needs Theory posits that satisfaction of basic psychological needs (autonomy, relatedness, competence) is a prerequisite for many positive outcomes, especially the psychological well-being of adolescents. The present study tested the three social context factors (parenting style, friendship quality, and school climate) on the satisfaction of basic psychological needs of adolescents and examined which factors are more unique to Indonesian adolescents. In this cross-sectional survey, we included 1500 junior high school students (boys = 717, girls = 783). We used structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the data. The current study revealed that parenting style, friendship quality, and school climate all predict the basic psychological needs satisfaction. Parenting style and friendship quality are likely to become stronger contributors to better satisfaction of the three basic psychological needs than school climate. This finding was consistent for gender and type of school categories. The current study will contribute to in-depth analysis on designing an effective future intervention program in improving adolescents’ psychological needs satisfaction that can improve adolescent’s psychological well-being.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9195-9217
Number of pages23
JournalCurrent Psychology
Volume42
Issue number11
Early online date18 Aug 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Indonesian Endowment Fund for Education/ Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (LPDP) RI through a scholarship for Fitri Ariyanti Abidin to attend her Doctorate at the Faculty of Psychology Universitas Padadjaran Indonesia. The writing of the article was supported by the Scholarship for Enhancing International Publication Program (PKPI) funded by the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of Indonesia, in collaboration with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Adolescent
  • Basic psychological needs satisfaction
  • Friendship quality
  • Indonesian
  • Parenting style
  • School climate

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