Authentic Followership and Basic Psychological Needs: The Differential Mediation Effects of Life Satisfaction on Adolescent Followership

Adolescents’ basic psychological needs and authentic followership were examined using multiple regression (Adjusted R2=21.3,F(3, 102)=10.50,p<.001). Three statistically significant hierarchal regression models revealed the unique and differential effects of the basic psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness on the authentic followership development of adolescents when mediated by life satisfaction.