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

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
!! USA: web-based, Singapore: paper-an-pencil

Correlate

Authors's Label

possible selves

Our Classification

Remarks

assessment of subjects' best and worse "possible selves" (Markus & Ruvolo, 1989)

Distribution

M = 1.21, SD = 1.09

Operationalization

Selfreport on 6 questions
- how close are you already to your most desired resp. feared possible self
- how likely is it that each self will come to be
- to what extent do you feel that you con control whether or not you will become each possible self

Rated 1 (not very) to 5 (extremly)

deleted 3rd question for feared possible self, recoded the others and averaged for composite measurement

Observed Relation with Happiness