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Table 1.

Search term combinations and sample sizes.

Database	Search term 1	Search term 2	Search term 3
Web of science	(Basic psychological need^) AND (diary^ OR daily OR weekly) (n = 135)	(Psychological need^+ self determin^) AND (diary^* OR daily OR weekly) (n = 203)	(Psychological need^+ self determin^) AND (diary^* OR daily OR weekly) AND TS = (work^*) (n = 55)
ScienceDirect	“Basic psychological need” AND (“diary” OR “daily” OR “weekly”) (n = 140)	“Psychological need” AND “self determination” AND (“diary” OR “daily” OR “weekly”) (n = 261)	“Psychological need” AND “self determination” AND (“diary” OR “daily” OR “weekly”) AND “work” (n = 233)
EBSCOhost (Automatically removes duplicates from other searchers in EBSCOhost)	“Basic psychological need^” AND diary “Basic psychological need^” AND daily “Basic psychological need^*” AND weekly (n = 120)	“Psychological need^” AND “self determin^” AND diary “Psychological need^” AND “self determin^” AND daily “Psychological need^” AND “self determin^” AND weekly (n = 380)	“Psychological need^” AND “self determin^” AND diary AND work^* “Psychological need^” AND “self determin^” AND daily AND work^* “Psychological need^” AND “self determin^” AND weekly AND work^* (n = 31)
Scopus	“Basic psychological need^” AND diary “Basic psychological need^” AND daily “Basic psychological need^*” AND weekly (n = 295)	“Psychological need^” AND “self determin^” AND diary “Psychological need^” AND “self determin^” AND daily “Psychological need^” AND “self determin^” AND weekly (n = 380)	“Psychological need^” AND “self determin^” AND diary AND work^* “Psychological need^” AND “self determin^” AND daily AND work^* “Psychological need^” AND “self determin^” AND weekly AND work^* (n = 267)