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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 9195-9217 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Current Psychology |
Volume | 42 |
Issue number | 11 |
Early online date | 18 Aug 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 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.
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Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Adolescent
- Basic psychological needs satisfaction
- Friendship quality
- Indonesian
- Parenting style
- School climate