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Psychological flexibility and the Eudaimonic Activity Model (#690)

Andrew J. Howell 1 , Katelyn M. Demuynck 1
  1. MacEwan University, Edmonton, ALBERTA, Canada

Background 

The Eudaimonic Activity Model (EAM; Martela & Sheldon, 2019) posits that eudaimonic activities and motives conduce toward satisfaction of psychological needs which, in turn, is associated with well-being. 

Aims

In accord with the EAM, we examined whether need satisfaction and frustration mediate the association between psychological flexibility/inflexibility and subjective well-being

Method

Undergraduate participants (N = 281) completed the Multidimensional Psychological Flexibility Inventory, the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Scale of Positive and Negative Experience. 

Results

Results showed that need satisfaction and frustration statistically mediated associations between psychological flexibility/inflexibility and facets of well-being. Similar effects emerged in analyses of a pre-existing data set. 

Conclusion

We discuss psychological flexibility in relation to both the EAM and self-determination theory.

  1. Martela, F., & Sheldon, K. M. (2019). Clarifying the concept of well-being: Psychological need satisfaction as the common core connecting eudaimonic and subjective well-being. Review of General Psychology, 23, 458-474. https://doi.org/10.1177/1089268019880886
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