Metrics & Methods: Questionnaires – selfdeterminationtheory.org (original) (raw)

Downloadable Questionnaires

Research on Self-Determination Theory has included laboratory experiments and field studies in several different settings. In order to do this research, we have developed many questionnaires to assess different constructs contained within the theory.

Each questionnaire page will typically include:

• The scale
• Description of the scale
• A key for the scale, and
• References for articles describing studies that used the scale

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Please note that all questionnaires on this web site, developed for research on self-determination theory, are copyrighted. You are welcome to use the instruments for academic (non-commercial) research projects. However, you may not use any of them for any commercial purposes without written permission to do so from the Center for Self-Determination Theory.

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Emotion Regulation Inventory (ERI) The Emotion Regulation Inventory (ERI) was developed by Roth, Assor, Niemiec, Ryan & Deci, 2009 to measure three styles of emotion regulation that correspond to autonomous, controlled, and impersonal modes of functioning, respectively (Roth, Vansteenkiste, & Ryan, 2019). Integrative emotion regulation reflects

Parental Conditional Regard Scales (PCRS) The "Parental Conditional Regard Scales (PCRS)" are measures developed in the early 2000s by Self-Determination Theory scholars Avi Assor, Guy Roth, Richard M. Ryan, and Edward L. Deci (see Assor, Roth, & Deci 2004; Assor, Roth, Niemiec, Ryan, & Deci, 2009) to assess the impact of parental conditional regard on

Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale (WEIMS) Why Do You Do Your Work? That is the question at the heart of The Work Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation Scale (WEIMS), which is an 18-item measure of work motivation grounded in SDT developed by Tremblay, M. A., Blanchard, C. M., Taylor, S., Pelletier, L. G., & Villeneuve, M.