Relevance of personal need satisfaction for overall satisfaction as a function of self-esteem

Abstract

TESTED AND SUPPORTED THE HYPOTHESIS THAT NEED SATISFACTION WAS RELATED TO OVERALL SATISFACTION FOR HIGH-SELF-ESTEEM INDIVIDUALS, BUT NOT FOR LOW-SELF-ESTEEM INDIVIDUALS, IN 2 CORRELATIONAL STUDIES AND 1 EXPERIMENTAL STUDY. IMPLICATIONS OF THE RESEARCH FOR THEORIES OF SATISFACTION AND POSSIBLE INTERPRETATION IN TERMS OF CHILDHOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCES ARE DISCUSSED. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)