Basic psychological needs

Satisfaction/frustration state

Main aspects of positive experience

Main aspects of negative experience

Autonomy

Satisfaction:

· Experience of volition and willingness.

· Sense of integrity.

· Feelings are self-endorsed and authentic.

Frustration:

· A sense of pressure.

· Feeling pushed in an unwanted direction.

· Optimism.

· Mindset.

· Adaptation.

· Motivation.

· Fear of the unknown or hope.

· Justification.

· Pressure uncertainty.

· (De)-motivation.

· Reorientation.

· Being externally determined.

· Risk of loss of control.

· Struggle.

· Change.

· Anxiety.

Competence

Satisfaction:

· Experience of effectiveness and mastery.

· Engages in activities.

· Using and extending skills and expertise.

Frustration:

· A sense of ineffectiveness.

· Even failure and helplessness.

· Team involvement.

· Business processes.

· Knowledge sharing.

· Fear of loss.

· Time pressure.

· Coordination.

· Helplessness.

· Give up.

Relatedness

Satisfaction:

· Experience of warmth, bonding, and care, and is satisfed by.

· Connecting to and feeling signifcant to others.

Frustration:

· A sense of social alienation, exclusion, and loneliness.

· Communication.

· Social responsibility.

· Trust.

· Team involvement.

· Social responsibility.

· Disappointment.

· Lack of fairness.

· Worrying.

· Feeling excluded outgroup.

· Lack of belonging and inclusion.

· Lack of solidarity.

· Lack of communitas.

· Adjustment anxiety/social anxiety.