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
!! USA: web-based, Singapore: paper-an-pencil
Correlate
- Authors's label
- competence need satisfaction
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on 10 questions about their feeling of competence in general, f.e.
- most days, I feel a sense of accomplishment from what I do
- that I was successfully completing difficult tasks and projects
- that I was taking on and mastering hard challenges
- very capable in what I did
Aggregate measures were computed by standardizing and averaging the twom measures
Observed Relation with Happiness
Beta controlled for
- autonomy need satisfaction
- competence need satisfaction
- cultural membership
- gender
- neuroticism
- goal progress (Selfreport on sucess at most important personal goals)
- self-esteem
- social support (Selfreport on satisfaction with overall social support)
Beta's controlled for
- gender
- neuroticism
- goal progress
- self-esteem
- social support