Study Brunstein et al. (1998): study DE 1993

Public

University students, Erlangen, Germany,199?

Sample

Respondents

N = 98

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
And structured mood diary.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Predominant motive disposition: agentic over communal

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Protocols were scored by two independent coders. Category agreement was 94% for achievement, 92% for power, and 95% for affiliation-intimacy

Distribution

M=0,00, SD= 1.57

Operationalization

TEST: Picture-story exercise: Ss were asked to write imaginative stories to each of six picture cues. In a relaxed atmosphere, they were allowed 5 min to write each story. The pictures depicted, in order administrated, a man sitting at an office desk, tow female scientists working in a laboratory, a ship's captain talking with another man, two people sitting on a park bench, a man and a woman on a trapeze, and a man, a woman, an a guitar player in a nightclub.

CODING: Ss verbal protocols were content coded for 3 kinds of imagery in running text:
- power
- achivement
- affiliation-intimacy
Expressed in mentioning per 1000 words

DERIVED MOTIVATION SCORES
A need for agency = achievement + power
B need for communion = afilliation-intimacy
C predominant motive disposition = A - B, converted to z-scores

Observed Relation with Happiness