Study Sheldon & Elliot (1999): study US 1994 /1

Public

18+ aged, students USA, followed 3 months,199?

Sample

Respondents

N = 152

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
T1 + T5: in-class questionnaires T2 - T4: questionnaires within lab sessions

Correlate

Authors's Label

Competence need satisfaction

Our Classification

Error Estimates

α=.69

Remarks

T2-T4: Assessed 3 times during 3 month semester

Distribution

BASELINE M=5.30, SD=1.28, SEMESTER M=5.89, SD=.72

Operationalization

T1 BASELINE COMPETENCE-NEED SATISFACTION
Selfreport on sigle question: "the extent to which you are having this type of experiences in your life, at present:
- feeling generally competent and able in what I attempt"

Rated 1 (very little) to 7 (very much)

T2-T4 SEMESTER COMPETENCE-NEED SATISFACTION
Participants free listed the three activities they had spent the most time performing during the preceding 24hr, excluding eating or sleeping

Rated feelings of competence while doing each activity using a 1 (not at all competent) to 7 (very competent) scale

Summation: Average of the 9 competence ratings

Observed Relation with Happiness