Creation of a New Needs Assessment Questionnaire

Analysis on basic psychological needs of the students studying in higher education institutions offering sports education<p>Spor eğitimi veren yükseköğretim kurumlarında öğrenim gören öğrencilerin temel psikolojik ihtiyaçlarının incelenmesi

“…The questionnaire method was used in the research with the purpose of determining the basic psychological needs of students. The scale used in the research is New Psychological Needs Scale (NPNS) developed by Heckert et al (2000) and adapted into Turkish and its reliability and validity tests conducted by Kesici (2007). NPNS is a 20-item five point Likert grading scale ("1" for totally disagree, "2" for disagree, "3" for hesitant, "4" for agree, "5" for totally agree).…”

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“…We reviewed the two existing measures of the need for affiliation, the Manifest Needs Questionnaire (MNQ) (Steers & Braunstein, 1976) and an adaptation of the MNQ, the Needs Assessment Questionnaire (NAQ) developed by Heckert et al (2000), in terms of their internal consistency. As both were reported as being low, we decided to use the affiliation at work scale, developed by Shockley and Allen (2010).…”

“…Our 5-item scale was derived from Heckert and Cuneio (2000). Taking the Manifest Needs Questionnaire (MNQ) developed by Steers and Braustein (1976) as a reference, they developed a new measure and tested it among 467 undergraduates in psychology courses.…”

“…It is defined as the desire to excel in tasks that involve both skill and effort and involves attempting to improve on past performance (Heckert et al, 2000).…”

“…The need for autonomy describes the desire for self-direction, rather than direction from others (Heckert et al, 2000). It refers to the independent action of an individual or a team in bringing forth an ideal or a vision and carrying it through to completion .…”