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Correlational findings

Study Sheldon et al. (2002): study US 2000

Public
Psychology students participating in a growth training, USA, 200?
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 90
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Organismic Integration
Our Classification
Error Estimates
cronbach alpha = 0.77
Distribution
Mean 5.20; SD 3.56
Operationalization
Participats were asked to define 6 goals for the coming semester. Then they were asked to rate the extent to which they would be pursuing each goal for each of four different reasons: (a) external, (b)introjected, (c)identified, and (d) intrinsic.  A 1 (not at all) to 9 (completely) scale was used, and an aggregate Tl Organismic Integration variable was computed for each participant by summing the averaged identified and intrinsic ratings and subtracting the averaged introjected and external ratings

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-BW-cw-mq-n-7-b r = +.44 p < .01