Competence and relatedness show distinct content pathways: competence with capability indicators (self-efficacy, progress, resilience) and relatedness with interpersonal-climate indicators (collegial support, trust, social capital)¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q3
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q3 i? On the C3 contrast, competence was more strongly associated with capability-focused indicators while relatedness was more strongly related to interpersonal-climate indicators. → Marsh 2025 q3 i? On the frustration side, competence frustration related more to internalizing/strain indicators (e.g., cognitive stress) and relatedness frustration to conflictual interpersonal dynamics. → Marsh 2025

Evidence¶

Marsh 2025¶

Marsh, H. W., Ryan, R. M., Dicke, T., Pekrun, R., Guo, J., Bradshaw, E. L., Reeve, J., Lüdtke, O., Clarke, T., & Waterschoot, J. (2025). Basic Psychological Needs Under Constrained Autonomy: A Substantive–Methodological Reflection and Analysis of School Leaders' Needs from a Self-Determination Theory Perspective. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10079-3

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Orthogonal-contrast GLM (C3: competence vs relatedness) over the 64-variable nomological network from the Australian Principal OHS&W Survey. The article reports "competence is more strongly associated with capability-focused indicators" and relatedness with interpersonal-climate indicators.

"C3 exhibits interpretable content distinctions: competence is more strongly associated with capability-focused indicators (e.g., self-efficacy, progress/goal attainment, resilience), whereas relatedness is more strongly related with interpersonal-climate indicators (e.g., support from colleagues, collegial trust, social capital)."

Discussion¶

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