Study Sheldon & Hoon (2006): study ZZ East-West pairs 2001
- Public
- University students, USA and Singapore, 200?
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 533
- Non Response
- 6%
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
!! USA: web-based, Singapore: paper-an-pencil
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Autonomy need satisfaction
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- α=.73
- Remarks
- the Basic Psychological Needs scale (BPNS; Deci et al., 2001) with 7 items te need-satisfaction scale (Sheldon et al., 2001) with 3 items
- Distribution
- M = 3.68, SD = .58
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on 10 questions about their feeling of autonomy in general, f.e.
- I feel free to express my ideas and opinions
- that my choices were based on my true interests and values
- free to do things my own way
- that my choices expressed my "true self"
Aggregate measures were computed by standardizing and averaging the two measures
Observed Relation with Happiness
- competence need satisfaction
- relatedness need satisfaction