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dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Cutre, D.
dc.contributor.authorSicilia, Á.
dc.contributor.authorSierra, A.
dc.contributor.authorFerriz, R.
dc.contributor.authorHagger, Martin
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:31:09Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:31:09Z
dc.date.created2016-08-01T19:30:21Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationGonzález-Cutre, D. and Sicilia, Á. and Sierra, A. and Ferriz, R. and Hagger, M. 2016. Understanding the need for novelty from the perspective of self-determination theory. Personality and Individual Differences. 102: pp. 159-169.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47093
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.036
dc.description.abstract

A fundamental tenet of self-determination theory is that the satisfaction of three basic, innate psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness is necessary for optimal functioning. The aim of this research was to propose novelty as a basic psychological need in self-determination theory and develop a new measure to assess novelty need satisfaction, the Novelty Need Satisfaction Scale (NNSS). Two studies were performed, one at the global lifestyle level (Study 1: general adults, N = 399, Mage = 31.30 years) and the other at a contextual level in physical education (Study 2: first-year post-compulsory secondary school students, N = 1035, Mage = 16.20 years). Participants completed the NNSS alongside measures of psychological needs and regulation styles from self-determination theory and psychological well-being. The six-item NNSS showed adequate psychometric properties and discriminant validity with other psychological needs in both studies. Novelty need satisfaction predicted life satisfaction (Study 1) and intrinsic motivation in physical education (Study 2) independent of the other three psychological needs. Results provide preliminary evidence that need for novelty is a unique candidate need alongside existing needs from self-determination theory, but further confirmatory and experimental research is required.

dc.publisherPergamon Press
dc.titleUnderstanding the need for novelty from the perspective of self-determination theory
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume102
dcterms.source.startPage159
dcterms.source.endPage169
dcterms.source.issn0191-8869
dcterms.source.titlePersonality and Individual Differences
curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology and Speech Pathology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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