Meaningfulness as Satisfaction of Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, and Beneficence: Comparing the Four Satisfactions and Positive Affect as Predictors of Meaning in Life

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Moments, not minutes: The nature-wellbeing relationship (2021, background): “, 2007) and positively related to positive affect and life satisfaction (Helzer & Jayawickreme, 2015; Welzel & Inglehart, 2010), in addition to being positively correlated to meaning in life and feeling that life is worthwhile (Costin & Vignoles, 2019; Martela et al., 2018).”
Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction, Autonomous Motivation, and Meaningful Work: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective (2021, background): “The three SDT needs have been found to each independently contribute to the perception of meaning in life, even after controlling for the effects of the others (Martela et al., 2018).”
Motivating voluntary compliance to behavioural restrictions: Self-determination theory–based checklist of principles for COVID-19 and other emergency communications (2021, background): “The satisfaction of these three needs fosters well-being such as positive affect, vitality, and sense of meaningfulness (e.g., Martela et al., 2018; Reis et al., 2000; Ryan et al., 2010), even in times when insecurity prevails as during the COVID-19 crisis (Cantarero et al., 2020; Van der…”
Adventure recreation and subjective well-being: a conceptual framework (2020, background): “Beneficence is characterised by feeling that one has a positive impact on the lives of other people and engaging in prosocial behaviour (Martela et al., 2018).”