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Determinants of Perceived Well-Being in Friendship Relationships during Emerging Adulthood: Testing a Structural Model Based on Self-Determination Theory
Tanhaye Reshvanloo, F., Kareshki, H., Amin Yazdi, S.A. (2024). Determinants of Perceived Well-being in Friendship Relationships during Emerging Adulthood: Testing a Structural Model Based on Self-Determination Theory. Iranian Journal of Educational Sociology, 7(3), 181-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.ijes.7.3.21
Tanhaye Reshvanloo, F., Kareshki, H., Amin Yazdi, S.A. (2024). Determinants of Perceived Well-being in Friendship Relationships during Emerging Adulthood: Testing a Structural Model Based on Self-Determination Theory. Iranian Journal of Educational Sociology, 7(3), 181-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.ijes.7.3.21
Tanhaye Reshvanloo, F., Kareshki, H., Amin Yazdi, S.A. (2024). Determinants of Perceived Well-being in Friendship Relationships during Emerging Adulthood: Testing a Structural Model Based on Self-Determination Theory. Iranian Journal of Educational Sociology, 7(3), 181-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.ijes.7.3.21
Tanhaye Reshvanloo, F., Kareshki, H., Amin Yazdi, S.A. (2024). Determinants of Perceived Well-being in Friendship Relationships during Emerging Adulthood: Testing a Structural Model Based on Self-Determination Theory. Iranian Journal of Educational Sociology, 7(3), 181-195. http://dx.doi.org/10.61838/kman.ijes.7.3.21
Abstract
Background and Objective: Intimate relationships hold significant importance during emerging adulthood. This study aimed to investigate the critical determinants of perceived well-being in friendship relationships during emerging adulthood.Method: Using a quantitative approach, a sample of 726 undergraduate students from the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad were selected through convenience sampling. They completed the Interpersonal Behaviors Questionnaire (IBQ), the Compassionate and self-image goals scale (CSIGS), the Basic Need Satisfaction in Relationships Scale (BNS-RS), the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ-10), Friendship Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ-F), Interpersonal Behaviors Questionnaire-Self (IBQ-self), State Level Subjective Vitality Scale (SVS-SL), the Perceived Relationship Quality Component (PRQC), and the Basic Empathy Scale (BES). Data analysis was conducted using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM).Results: The results indicated that the critical determinants in predicting perceived well-being in friendship relationships were, in order, goals in friendship relationships, friendship self-regulation, perceived support of basic psychological needs by friends, satisfied basic psychological needs, frustrated psychological needs, and supporting the basic psychological needs of friends.Conclusion: The findings demonstrate that self-determination theory (SDT) provides a coherent framework for explaining perceived well-being in friendships.
Keywords
perceived well-being in friendship relationships; basic psychological needs; self-regulation; self-determination theory (SDT)
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
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