The PLOS One Editors retract this article [1] due to concerns about compliance with the PLOS Human Subjects Research policy, the integrity of the underlying data, and the reliability of the published results. The authors’ responses did not resolve these concerns. PLOS regrets that the issues were not identified prior to the article’s publication.
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Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2025) Retraction: Preliminary validity of the BNSSS-20 in Arabic: Exploratory study on basic needs satisfaction in sport for a sample of Tunisian athletes. PLoS ONE 20(1): e0318591. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318591
Published: January 28, 2025
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