The Mediating Role Of Self-Esteem and Self-Regulation in Relation Of Basic Psychological Needs And Psychological Well-Being

The purpose of present study was to investigate the mediating roles of self-esteem and self-regulation in the relationship between basic psychological needs and psychological well-being. 464 students (350 female, 114 male) were selected from Islamic Azad university of Tehran using convenience multistage method. The participants completed the Ryff Psychological Well-Being Scale, the Multidimensional Self-Esteem Inventory, the Short Self-Regulation Questionnaire, and the Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale. The hypothetical model was tested by path analysis. The results indicated that needs satisfaction had direct and positive effect on the psychological well-being, and needs frustration had direct and negative effect on the psychological well-being. The findings showed that basic psychological needs satisfaction indirectly related to more psychological well-being through self-esteem and self-regulation and basic psychological needs frustration indirectly related to less psychological well-being through self-esteem and self-regulation. Accordingly, self-esteem and self-regulation played mediating roles in relationship between basic psychological needs satisfication and frustration and psychological well-being and increasing self-esteem and self-regulation can play an important role in increasing the components of psychological well-being.