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SUBMITTER: Kluwer ES
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7057354 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kluwer Esther S ES Karremans Johan C JC Riedijk Larisa L Knee C Raymond CR
Personality & social psychology bulletin 20190808 4
A driving force of relationship maintenance is the fulfillment of basic psychological needs, in particular, the needs for relatedness and autonomy. Until now, research has considered the fulfillment of relatedness and autonomy needs as independent determinants of relationship functioning or as one merged construct called need fulfillment. Little is known about how motivational states interact, even though partners possess and pursue multiple needs at a time in everyday life. Combining theoretica ...[more]