The Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise Scale

By P. Wilson, W. T. Rogers, W. Rodgers, T. Wild. 2006

449 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. Nikos Ntoumanis
2. Richard M. Ryan
3. Maarten Vansteenkiste
4. D. Markland
5. Kennon M. Sheldon
6. S. Vlachopoulos
7. J. Reeve
8. L. Haerens

In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Richard M. Ryan
2. D. Markland
3. Nikos Ntoumanis
4. S. Vlachopoulos
5. Maarten Vansteenkiste
6. Frederiki C. Moustaka
7. M. Kaperoni
8. L. Haerens

In Social Psychology

1. Maarten Vansteenkiste
2. Richard M. Ryan
3. Nikos Ntoumanis
4. L. Haerens
5. J. Reeve
6. Nathalie Aelterman
7. Edward L. Deci
8. Bart Soenens

Citations in the corpus

• Implicit need for achievement moderates the relationship between competence need satisfaction and subsequent motivation (2010, methodology): “We choose four items that best represented the scale according to a factor analyses done by the test authors (Wilson et al., 2006).”
• Examining the Contributions of Perceived Psychological Need Satisfaction to Well‐Being in Exercise1 (2006, methodology): “Confirmatory factor analysis of the three-factor PNSE measurement model proposed by Wilson et al. (2006) supported the factorial composition and structure of PNSE scores in the present sample, c”
• The relationship of self-determination theory variables to exercise identity (2011, methodology): “The reason for this finding may be the substantive inter-correlations that systematically emerge between the three needs irrespective of the instrument used (e.g., PNSE: Wilson et al., 2006; BPNES: Vlachopoulos & Michailidou, 2006).”
• Designing for Motivation, Engagement and Wellbeing in Digital Experience (2018, background): “For example, the Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise Scale (PNSES) (Wilson et al., 2006) measures perceived psychological need satisfaction when doing exercise and would therefore serve as a measure of need satisfaction at the behavior level for an exercise technology.”
• Different combinations of perceived autonomy support and control: identifying the most optimal motivating style (2018, methodology): “Experienced satisfaction of the need for autonomy, competence, and relatedness was assessed by means of 18 items from the Psychological Need Satisfaction in Exercise Questionnaire (Wilson et al. 2006), which were adjusted to the sport context.”