You Can’t Always Get What You Need: How Meaning in Life Mediates the Relationship Between Need Satisfaction and Depression You Can’t Always Get What You Need: How Meaning in Life Mediates the Relationship Between Need Satisfaction and Depression

Meaning in life (MIL) is widely recognized as a key factor in well-being and psychological resilience, yet the mechanisms linking psychological needs and MIL remain understudied. This mixed-methods study examined how basic psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness), as well as cogni...

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Published in:	Social indicators research Vol. 179; no. 2; pp. 817 - 837
Main Authors:	Russo-Netzer, Pninit, Tarrasch, Ricardo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2025 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Achievement Need Altruism Ambiguity Ambiguity (Context) Autonomy Closure Cognition Cognition & reasoning Competence Content analysis Coping Data Depression (Psychology) Economic development Gender differences Human Geography Influence Life satisfaction Meaning Mental depression Microeconomics Modeling (Psychology) Motivation Organizational Development Original Research Prioritizing Psychological needs Psychological Patterns Psychological well being Psychopathology Psychotherapy Public Health Qualitative research Quality of Life Research Recreation Relatedness Religiosity Resilience Resilience (Psychology) Satisfaction Self Determination Self Efficacy Social Sciences Sociology Structural equation modeling Well being Depression Meaning in life Need for closure Well-being Need for cognition Basic psychological needs
ISSN:	0303-8300, 1573-0921
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