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. 2025 Jul 25;16:1564391. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1564391

Table 2.

Cluster means, standard errors, and analyses of variance in optimal functioning-related variables.

Measure Empowering (n = 283) Disempowering (n = 140) High mixed (n = 222) Low mixed (n = 231) F(3, 870) η 2
M SD M SD M SD M SD
Task orientation 4.50 0.03 4.09 0.04 4.52 0.03 4.24 0.03 38.51** 0.117
Ego orientation 2.79 0.05 3.22 0.07 3.21 0.05 3.02 0.05 15.83** 0.052
Autonomous motivation 4.76 0.34 4.19 0.60 4.66 0.42 4.40 0.59 54.94** 0.159
Controlled motivation 1.56 0.69 2.67 0.96 1.99 0.94 1.90 0.77 54.27** 0.158
Amotivation 1.38 0.60 2.52 0.97 1.70 0.84 1.75 0.78 67.86** 0.190
BPNS 4.25 0.50 3.65 0.57 4.12 0.60 3.74 0.52 60.85** 0.173
BPNF 1.69 0.58 2.83 0.74 2.30 0.77 2.38 0.73 93.29** 0.243
Vitality 4.33 0.71 3.71 0.68 4.15 0.73 3.81 0.73 35.78** 0.110
Physical and emotional exhaustion 1.44 0.56 2.11 0.90 1.79 0.78 1.83 0.70 30.34** 0.095

**p < 0.01. BPNS, basic psychological needs satisfaction; BPNF, basic psychological needs frustration.