Received: 13 September 2019 | Revised: 4 June 2020 | Accepted: 16 June 2020 DOI: 10.1111/sode.12473 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Satisfaction of basic psychological needs in an interdependence model of fathers’ own aspirations and those of their adolescent children Takuma Nishimura1,2 | Emma L. Bradshaw3 | Edward L. Deci2,4 | Richard M. Ryan3 1Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan Abstract 2Department of Psychology, University of Anchored in self-determination theory (SDT), we used Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA a sample of 310 Japanese father-child dyads (fathers 3Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Mage = 47.95; children Mage = 14.98, 50% female), to in- North Sydney, NSW, Australia vestigate: (a) the structure of aspirations in a Japanese sam- 4 Management and Motivation, University of ple, (b) the association between fathers’ own intrinsic and South-Eastern Norway, Hønefoss, Norway extrinsic aspirations and the aspirations reported by their Correspondence adolescent children, (c) the links between child-reported Takuma Nishimura, Division of Core Studies, Kochi University of Technology, 185 father autonomy support and children’s self- reported aspi- Miyanokuchi, Tosayamada, Kami-city, Kochi rations, and (d) the associations between fathers’ own and 782-8502, Japan. Email:
[email protected] children’s own aspirations and the basic psychological needs satisfaction of both fathers and children. Confirmatory fac- Funding information Japan Society for the Promotion of Science tor analysis demonstrated acceptable fit for the theorized model of intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations specified by SDT. Correlation analysis revealed positive associations between the aspirations of fathers’ and those endorsed by their chil- dren, which were not moderated by father’s autonomy sup- port.