TABLE 1.

Descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations of the study variables.

Variables	RG	M	SD	S	C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1. Autonomy	1–5	3.40	0.86	–0.27	–0.30	–	0.53**	0.34**	0.64**	0.47**	0.47**	0.33**	0.08**	0.50**	0.18**	0.33**
2. Competence	1–5	3.96	0.76	–0.67	0.01	–	–	0.46**	0.54**	0.59**	0.60**	0.27**	–0.03	0.63**	0.08**	0.52**
3. Relatedness	1–5	4.18	0.79	–0.91	0.16	–	–	–	0.46**	0.43**	0.41**	0.11**	−0.07**	0.45**	–0.17	0.34**
4. Novelty	1–5	3.83	0.89	–0.76	0.19	–	–	–	–	0.54**	0.55**	0.27**	0.01	0.58**	0.11**	0.37**
5. Intrinsic R	1–7	5.83	1.15	–1.21	1.36	–	–	–	–	–	0.76**	0.26**	−12**	0.98**	0.00	0.48**
6. Identified R	1–7	5.84	1.13	–1.33	1.86	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.36**	–0.02	0.89**	0.11**	0.53**
7. Introjected R	1–7	4.39	1.43	–0.21	–0.54	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.51**	0.31**	0.75**	0.24*
8. External R	1–7	3.87	1.54	–0.06	–0.79	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	−0.09**	0.95**	–0.04
9. Autonomous M	3–21	17.50	3.26	–1.30	1.73	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.04	0.53**
10. Controlled M	3–21	12.12	4.00	–0.04	0.74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.05*
11. Intention	1–5	4.22	0.80	–1.18	0.96	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

* p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01; M, mean; SD, standard deviation; S, skewness; C, kurtosis; R, regulation; RG, range; M, motivation.