Satisfied and Frustrated Needs, Subjective Vitality and University Students’ Life Satisfaction of Physical Activity and Sports

Heriberto Antonio Pineda-Espejel (), Raquel Morquecho-Sánchez, Lucía Terán, Icela López-Gaspar, Antonio Hernández-Mendo, Verónica Morales-Sánchez, Encarnación Chica-Merino and Antonio Granero-Gallegos
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Heriberto Antonio Pineda-Espejel: Facultad de Deportes, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21000, Mexico
Raquel Morquecho-Sánchez: Facultad de Organización Deportiva, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey 64460, Mexico
Lucía Terán: Facultad de Deportes, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21000, Mexico
Icela López-Gaspar: Facultad de Idiomas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali 21000, Mexico
Antonio Hernández-Mendo: Department of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology and East Asian Studies, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain
Verónica Morales-Sánchez: Department of Social Psychology, Social Work, Social Anthropology and East Asian Studies, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain
Encarnación Chica-Merino: SAFA University Center, University of Jaén, Avenida Cristo Rey, 17, 23400 Jaén, Spain
Antonio Granero-Gallegos: Department of Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad de Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-15

Abstract: This study is based on frameworks of the eudaimonic activity model and the basic psychological needs theory, with two purposes: one, to prove the validity of a translation and adaptation of the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Frustration Scale; two, to analyze how the basic psychological satisfaction and frustration needs influences the well-being of university physical activity and sports students, through sex. A total of 830 University students of physical activity and sports with an age between 17 and 31 years (M = 20.70 years; ±2.96) participated. The sample was divided into two subsamples by random selection of 50% of the cases, preserving the relative distribution of sex and age. The first subsample was used to validate the adaptation of the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale to Spanish as spoken in Mexico (Study 1); and the second subsample was used to test a proposed sequential theoretical model (Study 2). In Study 1, the CFA supported the structure of six factors—satisfaction of needs for autonomy, relatedness and competence; frustration of needs for autonomy, relatedness and competence (RMSR = 0.04; RMSEA = 0.046; TLI = 0.93; CFI = 0.94)—as well as the structure of six first-order factors plus two second-order factors—psychological need satisfaction and psychological need frustration (RMSR = 0.05; RMSEA = 0.055; TLI; CFI = 0.91). Both structures were equivalent between men and women. In Study 2, the results of the structural equations model show good fit (RMSEA = 0.05; TLI = 0.90; CFI = 0.92), indicating that the needs satisfied and frustrated contribute in a unique way to indicators of eudaimonic well-being (i.e., subjective vitality) and subjective well-being (i.e., life satisfaction), being equivalent through sex. In conclusion, satisfaction of competence, relationships and autonomy are essential nutrients for a positive performance in this sample.

Keywords: basic psychological needs; psychometric properties; psychological well-being; sport (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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