Objectives: To test Basic Psychological Needs Theory (BPNT; Deci & Ryan, 2002) to determine if psychological need thwarting experienced when physically active contributes to the understanding of wellbeing and ill-being. Design/method: Participants (N 1⁄4 155, 67.70% female, Mage 1⁄4 37.46 years; SDage 1⁄4 19.89 years) completed assessments of psychological need satisfaction and thwarting, subje...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to propose a model examine the relationships between Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD), depression, life satisfaction, basic psychological need and negative affect. Method: A total 339 university students participated in study. Of participants, 244 mentioned that they played digital games 95 did not play any games. who games, 131 were females (53.7%) 113 ma...

A matter of great interest to researchers in the field education today is how improve students' well-being, engagement, or learning achievement tertiary level contexts. Some scholars suggest start from assessment satisfaction upon their basic psychological needs. However, recently, number validated tools assess needs still rare. This study measured validity and reliability an adapted theory use...

Self-determination theory has been predominantly used as a psychological framework to describe human motivation. It classifies three types of motivation with various forms regulations, ranging from amotivation, extrinsic (i.e., regulation, introjected identified and integrated regulation), intrinsic In addition, it points out basic needs autonomy, relatedness, competence) which are essential co...

the aim of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of the basic psychological needs in exercise scale (bpnes). the method was descriptive-survey. the statistical population consisted of male and female athletes aged over 16 years who attended structured exercise programs. the sample consisted of 256 male and female athletes (m=23.03, sd=4.04) who were selected through cluster r...

background: medical education and training can directly contribute to the development of psychological distress in medical students. this can lead to catastrophic consequences such as impaired academic performance, impaired competency, medical errors and attrition from medical school. this study aimed to assess the prevalence of psychological morbidity among iranian medical students. methods: t...