The Basic Psychological Needs at Work Scale: Measurement Invariance between Canada and France

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the Basic Psychological Needs at Work Scale (BPNWS) in French, but items are also provided in English in the article. The BPNWS is a work-related self-report instrument designed to measure the degree to which the needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness, as identified by Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), are satisfied at work. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, the first study examines the structure of the BPNWS in a group of 271 workers. The second study tests the measurement invariance of the scale in a group of 851 teachers from two different cultures, Canada and France. Results support the three-factor structure and show adequate internal consistency, as well as nomological validity across samples.

Teachers’ Innovative Behaviour: The Importance of Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction, Intrinsic Motivation, and Occupational Self-Efficacy

“…Most work-related measures of basic psychological need satisfaction used in previous studies are ad hoc instruments with lacking evidence of their validity (Brien et al, 2012). An exception is the scale constructed by Van den Broeck et al (2010), but as Brien et al (2012) point out, this scale also has certain weaknesses concerning the operationalization of some of the constructs.…”

Verification of a Predictive Model of Psychological Health at Work in Canada and France

“…Each item was rated on a 6-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree). This scale had been previously validated with French and Canadian samples (Brien et al, 2012) Scheier et al's (1994) Life Orientation Test-Revised (e.g., "Overall, I expect more good things to happen to me than bad"). Each item was rated on a 6-point scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree).…”

Validación española de la escala de frustración de las necesidades psicológicas (EFNP) en el ejercicio físico

“…Con ello, este grupo de investigaciones ha comenzado a proporcionar evidencias indirectas que apoyarían la hipótesis de que la frustración de las necesidades tiene efectos negativos sobre la salud y el bienestar de las personas. Sin embargo, en este proceso algunos investigadores han cuestionado que una baja puntuación en la satisfacción de las necesidades (o el uso de estos ítems redactados de forma inversa) pueda recoger la naturaleza activa y la intensidad de la frustración de las necesidades de acuerdo con la TAD (Bartholomew, Ntoumanis, Ryan, Bosch, y Thøgersen-Ntoumani, 2011;Bartholomew, Ntoumanis, Ryan, y Thøgersen-Ntoumani, 2011;Brien et al, 2012). De hecho, Bartholomew, Ntoumanis, Ryan, y Thøgersen-Ntoumani han indicado que la satisfacción de las necesidades suelen ser medidas utilizando ítems que sólo recogen las experiencias psicológicas positivas (e.g., sentimientos de apoyo, aceptación, entendimiento), de tal modo que probablemente no capture los aspectos negativos de estas experiencias (e.g., sentimientos de rechazo, desprecio, conflicto) que, sin embargo, pueden estar ocurriendo cuando las necesidades están siendo frustradas.…”