The role of need fulfillment in relationship functioning and well-being: a self-determination theory perspective.

By Heather Patrick, Amy Canevello. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2007

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Do hotel employees really care for corporate social responsibility (CSR): a happiness approach to employee innovativeness (2021, background): “On the other hand, self-determination theory holds that individuals have tendencies to grow and are motivated to achieve the highest level of needs, such as self-actualization, autonomy, competence, relatedness, and aesthetic needs (Patrick et al., 2007).”
Negative Emotional Reactions to Project Failure and the Self‐Compassion to Learn from the Experience (2009, background): “Relatedness ‘refers to feeling connected to, and understood by, others’ (Patrick et al., 2007).”
The Longitudinal Relationships Between Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction at School and School-Related Subjective Well-Being in Adolescents (2013, background): “…variables, have mainly focused on the importance of basic psychological needs satisfaction to achievement-related outcomes, such as student engagement (e.g., Connell and Wellborn 1991), academic achievement (e.g., Ratelle et al. 2007) and persistence in school (e.g., Ratelle et al. 2005).”
Predicting nonmarital romantic relationship dissolution: A meta-analytic synthesis (2010, background): “These relationships have important implications for psychological and physical well-being (e.g., Le & Agnew, 2001; Patrick et al., 2007; Powers et al., 2006), and this work is intended to further our understanding of the process of relationship termination.”