TY - JOUR
T1 - On the benefits of giving as well as receiving autonomy support
T2 - Mutuality in close friendships
AU - Deci, Edward L.
AU - La Guardia, Jennifer G.
AU - Moller, Arlen C.
AU - Scheiner, Marc J.
AU - Ryan, Richard M.
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - Two studies examined autonomy support within close friendships. The first showed that receiving autonomy support from a friend predicted the recipient's need satisfaction within the relationship and relationship quality as indexed by emotional reliance, security of attachment, dyadic adjustment, and inclusion of friend in self and that there was significant mutuality of receiving autonomy support and of each other variable. The relations of perceived autonomy support to need satisfaction and relationship quality held for both female-female and male-male pairs across the two studies. The second study replicated and extended the first, showing that receiving autonomy support also predicted psychological health. Furthermore, giving autonomy support to a friend predicted the givers' experience of relationship quality over and above the effects of receiving autonomy support from the friend. When both receiving and giving autonomy support competed for variance in predicting well-being, giving, rather than receiving, autonomy support was the stronger predictor.
AB - Two studies examined autonomy support within close friendships. The first showed that receiving autonomy support from a friend predicted the recipient's need satisfaction within the relationship and relationship quality as indexed by emotional reliance, security of attachment, dyadic adjustment, and inclusion of friend in self and that there was significant mutuality of receiving autonomy support and of each other variable. The relations of perceived autonomy support to need satisfaction and relationship quality held for both female-female and male-male pairs across the two studies. The second study replicated and extended the first, showing that receiving autonomy support also predicted psychological health. Furthermore, giving autonomy support to a friend predicted the givers' experience of relationship quality over and above the effects of receiving autonomy support from the friend. When both receiving and giving autonomy support competed for variance in predicting well-being, giving, rather than receiving, autonomy support was the stronger predictor.
KW - Friendships
KW - Mutuality of autonomy support
KW - Self-determination theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33644981239&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0146167205282148
DO - 10.1177/0146167205282148
M3 - Article
C2 - 16455859
AN - SCOPUS:33644981239
SN - 0146-1672
VL - 32
SP - 313
EP - 327
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
IS - 3
ER -