Explore satisfaction and frustration of autonomy, relatedness and competence with the 24-item BPNSFS.
Method and research sourcesExplore satisfaction and frustration of autonomy, relatedness and competence with the 24-item BPNSFS.
Answers score 1–5. Each of the six scales is the mean of four items, with a range of 1–5. Frustration items are not reversed and no overall score is calculated.
The original publication and supporting material document the questionnaire and its scoring.
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