TABLE 1.

Factor loadings based on exploratory factor analysis for 24 items of the Basic Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (N = 272, Study 1).

	Autonomy		Relatedness		Competence
	Satisfaction	Frustration	Satisfaction	Frustration	Satisfaction	Frustration
1. I feel that my decisions reflect what I really want	0.84
2. I feel I have been doing what really interests me	0.67
3. I feel my choices express who I really am	0.66
4. I feel a sense of choice and freedom in the things I undertake	0.60
5. I feel forced to do many things I wouldn’t choose to do		0.76
6. I feel pressured to do too many things		0.74
7. Most of the things I do feel like “I have to”		0.73
8. My daily activities feel like a chain of obligations		0.63
9. I feel close and connected with other people who are important to me			0.89
10. I feel connected with people who care for me, and for whom I care			0.83
11. I experience a warm feeling with the people I spend time with			0.72
12. I feel that the people I care about also care about me			0.65
13. I feel that people who are important to me are cold and distant toward me				0.79
14. I feel excluded from the group I want to belong to				0.75
15. I have the impression that people I spend time with dislike me				0.73
16. I feel the relationships I have are just superficial				0.70
17. I feel competent to achieve my goals					0.83
18. I feel I can successfully complete difficult tasks					0.81
19. I feel capable at what I do					0.76
20. I feel confident that I can do things well					0.62
21. I feel like a failure because of the mistakes I make						0.82
22. I feel insecure about my abilities						0.77
23. I have serious doubts about whether I can do things well						0.75
24. I feel disappointed with many of my performance						0.68

All factor loadings below 0.50 are suppressed.