TABLE 3.

Standardized regression weighs in confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the 24 items of the Basic Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (N = 259, Study 2).

	Autonomy		Relatedness		Competence
	Satisfaction	Frustration	Satisfaction	Frustration	Satisfaction	Frustration
I feel a sense of choice and freedom in the things I undertake	0.56
Most of the things I do feel like “I have to”		0.57
I feel that people I care about also care about me			0.78
I feel excluded from the group I want to belong to				0.76
I feel confident I can do things well
I have serious doubts about whether I can do things well					0.72
I feel that my decisions reflect what I really want	0.69					0.83
I feel forced to do many things I wouldn’t choose to do		0.77
I feel connected with people who care for me, and for whom I care			0.76
I feel that people who are important to me are cold and distant toward me				0.79
I feel capable at what I do					0.78
I feel disappointed with many of my performance						0.70
I feel my choices express who I really am	0.74
I feel pressured to do too many things		0.69
I feel close and connected with other people who are important to me			0.80
I have the impression that people I spend time with dislike me				0.77
I feel competent to achieve my goals					0.81
I feel insecure about my abilities						0.77
I feel I have been doing what really interests me	0.66
My daily activities feel like a chain of obligations		0.63
I experience a warm feeling with the people I spend time with			0.78
I feel the relationships I have are just superficial				0.72
I feel I can successfully complete difficult tasks					0.80
I feel like a failure because of mistakes I make						0.79

This was the order of the items as it was presented to the participants.