A short-term longitudinal design and latent profile approach were utilized with two samples, an exploratory sample and confirmatory sample, to identify subgroups of collegiate emerging adults based on reports of their basic psychological needs (i.e., autonomy, competence, and relatedness); both basic need satisfaction and frustration were assessed. A two-profile solution emerged in the exploratory analyses (N = 177 emerging adults) and was verified in the confirmatory analyses (N = 375 emerging adults in the confirmatory sample). Emerging adults in profile one exhibited lower levels of basic psychological need satisfaction and higher basic psychological need frustration than emerging adults in profile two. Accordingly, they were named the Ambivalent profile and Sufficiently Satisfied profile, respectively. Group differences were also identified on salient outcomes; members of the Ambivalent profile reported significantly lower life satisfaction and vocational identity and higher anxiety and depression. Correlational findings lend some support to the presence of two distinct (i.e., need satisfaction and frustration) interrelated constructs, yet findings in regard to the latent profiles fail to reject the notion of need satisfaction and frustration as constructs that fall on a single continuum. Findings suggest that clinicians and helping professionals on college campuses would benefit from thinking in terms of basic need fulfillment when working with emerging adults in collegiate settings.

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基本的心理需求满足和挫败感：新兴成年大学生的概况以及与幸福感的联系

对两个样本（探索性样本和验证性样本）使用短期纵向设计和潜在轮廓方法，根据他们的基本心理需求（即自主性、能力和相关性）报告来识别大学新兴成年人的亚群；对基本需求满意度和挫折感进行了评估。探索性分析（N = 177 名新兴成年人）中出现了一个双剖面解决方案，并在验证性分析中得到验证（N = 375 名新兴成年人在验证样本中）。情景一中的新兴成年人比情景二中的新兴成年人表现出较低的基本心理需求满意度和较高的基本心理需求挫折。因此，它们分别被命名为矛盾的配置文件和足够满意的配置文件。还确定了显着结果的群体差异；矛盾型成员报告的生活满意度和职业认同显着降低，焦虑和抑郁程度更高。相关发现为存在两个不同（即，需要满足和挫折）相互关联的结构提供了一些支持，但关于潜在配置的发现未能拒绝将需求满足和挫折作为落在单一连续体上的概念。研究结果表明，在大学环境中与新兴成年人一起工作时，大学校园内的临床医生和帮助专业人士将从满足基本需求方面的思考中受益。相关发现为存在两个不同（即，需要满足和挫折）相互关联的结构提供了一些支持，但关于潜在配置的发现未能拒绝将需求满足和挫折作为落在单一连续体上的概念。研究结果表明，在大学环境中与新兴成年人一起工作时，大学校园内的临床医生和帮助专业人士将从满足基本需求方面的思考中受益。相关发现为存在两个不同（即，需要满足和挫折）相互关联的结构提供了一些支持，但关于潜在配置的发现未能拒绝将需求满足和挫折作为落在单一连续体上的概念。研究结果表明，在大学环境中与新兴成年人一起工作时，大学校园内的临床医生和帮助专业人士将从满足基本需求方面的思考中受益。