Study Ryff & Keyes (1995): study US 1990
- Public
- 25+ aged, USA, 199?
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1108
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Autonomy
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Self report on 3 items rated on a 6-point scale ranging from completely disagree to completely agree.
-High scorers: are self-determining and independent; able to resist social pressures to think and act in certain ways; regulate behavior from within; evaluate self by personal standards.
-Low scorers: are concerned about the expectations and evaluations of others; rely on judgments of others to make important decisions; conform to social pressures to think and act in certain ways.