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LIT-1964: Psychological need frustration as a transdiagnostic process in associations of self-critical perfectionism with depressive symptoms and eating pathology

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StatusActive — read in full 2026-11-03 (NOTE-1533), from the publisher's early-view PDF posted on selfdeterminationtheory.org; worth reading as the study THEORY-052 cites, through LIT-561 p. 12, for need frustration as transdiagnostic, and as the strongest form of that claim in the record: frustration statistically absorbs the association between depressive and eating symptoms. Its longitudinal study is two waves of correlated change, so it shows no temporal order, and its measure is the BPNSFS frustration scale (THEORY-1322).
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Tagsmotivation, psychopathology-and-treatment
Cited as “paper” byNOTE-1533 — Campbell et al. — Need frustration as a transdiagnostic process
Cited as “source” byTHEORY-1322 — In Belgian adolescents, need frustration measured by the twelve BPNSFS frustration items statistically absorbs most of the association between depressive and eating disorder symptoms: cross-sectionally their latent correlation falls from .50 to a non-significant .18, and in a two-wave latent change model their correlated change falls from .43 to .24; its mediating role is shown in correlated change over the same six months, not in temporal order

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Campbell, R., Boone, L., Vansteenkiste, M., Soenens, B. (2018). Psychological need frustration as a transdiagnostic process in associations of self-critical perfectionism with depressive symptoms and eating pathology. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(10), 1775-1790. doi:10.1002/jclp.22628.

Key takeaways

Read in full on 2026-11-03 (NOTE-1533). THEORY: THEORY-1322 (Active).

  • Need frustration absorbs most of the depression–eating association, cross-sectionally (.50 to .18, ns) and in correlated change (.43 to .24).
  • The “longitudinal” evidence is two waves of same-interval change: no temporal order, so it does not meet THEORY-052’s promote_when.
  • The measure is the BPNSFS frustration scale, which LIT-1978 argues is keyed low satisfaction.

Standing in the record

The one longitudinal study THEORY-052 cites, through LIT-561 p. 12, for need frustration as a transdiagnostic process. Now identified.

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