Study VandeVliert & Janssen (2002a): study ZZ 1986 /1

Public

General public and students, 42 nations, 1986-1989

Sample

Respondents

N = 42

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire completed in class

Correlate

Authors's Label

Overall competitiveness

Our Classification

Error Estimates

r=+.90 between female and male responses, r=+.73 p<.01 (between responses in 21 more and 21 less developed countries)

Remarks

Data: International student survey (Lynn 1991)

Distribution

All: M= 12,10, SD=1,73 Women: M  = 11,76  SD= 1.85, Men M=12,44 SD= 1,6.

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Attitude of university students:
Average of the summed mean female responses and male responses to the following 5 items:
-I try harder when I am in competition with other people
-It is important to me to perform better than others to a task
-I enjoy working in situations involving competition with others
-I feel that winning is important in both work and games
-It annoys me when other people perform better than I do
Assessed on a 5 point scale: 0=strongly disagree to 4= strongly agree

Observed Relation with Happiness