Study VandeVliert & Janssen (2002): study ZZ 1986
- Public:
- Students, 42 countries, 2002
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 14000
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
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Questionnaire: paper
Questionnaire completed in class
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Self-referenced performance motives (intrinsic motives)
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Self-reports on three questions:
A. If I am not good at something, I would rather keep struggling to master it than move on to something I may be good at.
B. I would rather do something at which I feel confident and relaxed than something which is challenging and difficult (reversed scoring).
C. I more often attempt tasks that I am not sure I can do than tasks I believe I can do.
Average scores of students were used to estimate self-referenced motivation at national levels in 42 nations.
Observed Relation with Happiness
Stronger in developed countries