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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Health Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1528926
Relational Needs Satisfaction Scale: Adaptation to Bosnian Language and Psychometric Testing
Provisionally accepted- 1International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 2University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 3University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Background: Relating to others, and establishing relationships is necessary for human optimal functioning, while perceived relational satisfaction seems to be one of the most important aspects in individuals’ lives, reflecting the extent in which our relational needs are met. This study aimed to test factor structure, item characteristic and convergent validity of Bosnian adaptation of Relational Needs Satisfaction Scale (RNSS).Method: Four hundred and twenty participants (N=420) completed Relational Needs Satisfaction Scale (RNSS), The Relationships Questionnaire (RQ), and The Need for Drama Questionnaire (NFD). The descriptive statistics, reliability and item analysis of the RNSS was conducted. An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was executed, as well as a comparison of four models. Convergent validity of RNSS was tested by checking its association with two reference measures and their subscales: RQ and NFD.Results: The study showed that the translation was adequate and that the Bosnian version of RNSS was a reliable measure with mostly adequate item parameters. The study confirmed that the RNSS structure may be construed as a five-factor model, a hierarchical model with five dimensions and one higher order factor and as a Bi-factor model, where the items variance is simultaneously explained by a general factor and the 5 dimensions to varying degrees. The model comparison and theory pointed to the superiority of the Bi-factor model.Conclusion: Adaptation of RNSS Bosnian version demonstrated content validity, adequate measurement accuracy and appropriate construct validity as supported by confirmatory factor analysis. Besides, this study provides evidence that translated RNSS is a valid and reliable instrument.
Keywords: Relational Needs Satisfaction Scale, relational needs, relationship satisfaction, instrument adaptation, psychometric properties
Received: 15 Nov 2024; Accepted: 20 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Mustoo Başer, Sinanović and Žvelc. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Lejla Mustoo Başer, International University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gregor Žvelc, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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