Resilience across borders: An exploration of psychological basic needs satisfaction, adjustment to adversities, and well-being among refugees and the host community in Uganda

Our study, conducted among refugees and Ugandans in Uganda's Rhino Camp refugee settlement, comprehensively explored the relationships between satisfaction of basic psychological needs and psychological well-being. Two hundred fifty refugees and Ugandans each participated. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Findings revealed significant associations between refugees' psychological well-being and the fulfillment of autonomy needs. The well-being of host country nationals was tied to the satisfaction of autonomy and relatedness. Notably, the fulfillment of competence needs did not affect the well-being of either group. However, a self-generated formative index assessing adjustment emerged as a predictor of well-being among refugees and locals.