Study Sheldon & Elliot (1999): study US 1994 /2

Public

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

Sample

Respondents

N = 73

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
T1, T6, T11: take-home pakets of questionnaires T2-T5, T7-T10: in-class questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label

Self-concordance

Our Classification

Error Estimates

α = .72

Remarks

Assesed at T1

Distribution

M=3.89, SD=4.22

Operationalization

At the beginning of the semester participants named 3 goals "that we think about, plan for, carry out, and sometimes (though not always) complete or succeed at".

Reported reasons for pursuing each striving on 4 statements:
- "you pursue this striving because somebody else wants you to or because the situation demands it." (external reason)
- "you pursue this striving because you would feel ashamed, guilty, or anxious if you didn't."(introjected reason)
- "you pursue this striving because you really believe it's an important goal to have." (identified reason)
- "you pursue this striving because of the fun and enjoyment that it provides you." (intrinsic reason)

Rated 1 (not at all for this rason) to 9 (completely because of this reason)

To form an composite value external and introjected ratings were averaged and subtracted from the summed averages of intrinsic and identified ratings

Observed Relation with Happiness