Ionescu, DanielaBurtăverde, VladAvram, EugenEne, Cristina2024-11-052024-11-052022Ionescu, D. et al. (2022). Authenticity, volition and motivational persistence predicting well-being : a self-determination theoretical perspective. Trends in Psychology, 30(3), 468-479. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43076-021-00138-3https://doi.org/10.1007/s43076-021-00138-3https://debdfdsi.snspa.ro/handle/123456789/549The author Daniela Ionescu is affiliated to SNSPA, Faculty of Political Science. The article is available on Springer Link website at: https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s43076-021-00138-3?sharing_token=z_bjMDl67bvahAeCkQ8Tj_e4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY779gZeUB_2-Q6W0TzF-TjLQge02RDX0U6PlCXD2JLDVgpA3fP0WR6yhpAu5rpyhcMK9XV-2R6wXJzic_rD26kDtuUpQ-wkV1IXw86XmzMuuusLPlQBSge7vgFPFTRVmr4%3DThe present study aimed to investigate a mediation model explaining the adults’ well-being. The prediction power of authenticity, motivational persistence, volitional processes of well-being, and the satisfaction of autonomy, relatedness, and competence as mediators in those relationships were examined. To date, most studies have investigated the relationship between motivational processes and well-bein in Western and individualistic cultures. Considering that cultural orientation is a potential factor that affects well-being, we tested the link between motivational processes, need satisfaction, and well-being in a collectivistic, non-Western Romanian sample. Participants were 850 adults from the general population (51.50% female; Mage = 31.18 years). The results showed that authenticity, motivational persistence, and volitional processes are significant predictors of well-being. Also, this study showed that some of the decoding keys of those three positive relationships were autonomy, relatedness, and competence from self-determination theory. These results extend the current knowledge about determinants involved in well-being and self-determination theory impact. At the end of the study, the implications of the findings, the limits of the present study, and future research suggestions are discussed.en-USAuthenticityMotivational persistenceVolitionWell-beingSelfdetermination theoryArticle