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  • Health Psychology
  • Intervention Studies

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased fear, stress, and reduced well-being.
  • Self-Determination Theory provides a framework for understanding motivation and well-being.
  • Basic psychological needs include autonomy, competence, and relatedness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and test activities aimed at satisfying basic psychological needs.
  • To enhance need satisfaction, autonomous self-regulation, and subjective vitality.
  • To decrease need frustration, controlled self-regulation, amotivation, and perceived stress.

Main Methods:

  • A 10-day experimental design with an Iranian sample (N=208).
  • Participants were randomly assigned to either a need-satisfying activities intervention group (n=98) or a control group (n=110).
  • Repeated measures ANCOVA was used for analysis.

Main Results:

  • The intervention group showed significantly greater psychological need satisfaction, autonomous self-regulation, and subjective vitality compared to the control group.
  • Participants in the intervention group reported significantly less psychological need frustration, amotivation, and perceived stress.
  • The findings support the effectiveness of the intervention in promoting psychological well-being.

Conclusions:

  • The intervention successfully enhanced motivation and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The study highlights the importance of satisfying basic psychological needs for managing stress during times of uncertainty and social distancing.
  • These findings offer practical strategies for improving mental health in challenging circumstances.