Table 2 Loadings for confirmatory factor analyses (standardized path coefficients) and internal consistencies by study
From: What motivates you right now? Development of a measure of momentary-chronic regulatory focus
| Item | Chronic RF | Momentary RF1 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study 1 (N = 389) | Study 2 (N = 672) | Study 4 (N = 84; k = 1649) | Study 5 (N = 129; k = 1765) | |||||||||||||
| Self-guide | Ref. point | Self-guide | Ref. point | Self-guide | Ref. point | Self-guide | Ref. point | |||||||||
| Id | Ou | G | N-L | Id | Ou | G | N-L | Id | Ou | G | N-L | Id | Ou | G | N-L | |
| ...my personal growth.a | .64 | – | – | – | .70 | – | – | – | .83/.88 | – | – | – | .69/.91 | – | – | – |
| ...making my wishes come true. | .69 | – | – | – | .79 | – | – | – | .75/.89 | – | – | – | .80/.94 | – | – | – |
| ...pursuing my hopes. | .69 | – | – | – | .74 | – | – | – | .85/.98 | – | – | – | .85/.96 | – | – | – |
| ...following my dreams.a | .83 | – | – | – | .83 | – | – | – | .87/.97 | – | – | – | .77/.97 | – | – | – |
| ...carrying out my obligations.a | – | .86 | – | – | – | .80 | – | – | – | .85/.91 | – | – | – | .62/.95 | – | – |
| ...fulfilling my responsibilities. | – | .62 | – | – | – | .71 | – | – | – | .85/.89 | – | – | – | .70/.94 | – | – |
| ...meeting the expectations of others.a | – | .72 | – | – | – | .81 | – | – | – | .86/.75 | – | – | – | .80/.98 | – | – |
| ...observing guidelines. | – | .70 | – | – | – | .72 | – | – | – | .79/.79 | – | – | – | .63/.76 | – | – |
| ...working toward success.a | – | – | .71 | – | – | – | .74 | – | – | – | .90/.94 | – | – | – | .66/.89 | – |
| ...accomplishing what I set out to do.a | – | – | .92 | – | – | – | .93 | – | – | – | .92/.97 | – | – | – | .86/.99 | – |
| ...getting the most out it. | – | – | .61 | – | – | – | .63 | – | – | – | .79/.83 | – | – | – | .53/.70 | – |
| ...reaching goals. | – | – | .89 | – | – | – | .92 | – | – | – | .89/1.0 | – | – | – | .79/.97 | – |
| ...averting losses.a | – | – | – | .77 | – | – | – | .81 | – | – | – | .82/.98 | – | – | – | .66/.96 |
| ...avoiding setbacks. | – | – | – | .92 | – | – | – | .92 | – | – | – | .90/.98 | – | – | – | .76/.99 |
| ...preventing mistakes.a | – | – | – | .80 | – | – | – | .83 | – | – | – | .82/.94 | – | – | – | .54/.94 |
| ...forestalling undesirable occurrences. | – | – | – | .80 | – | – | – | .79 | – | – | – | .83/.98 | – | – | – | .86/.99 |
| Internal consistency (α, ω) | .80 | .81 | .85 | .89 | .85 | .84 | .87 | .90 | .90/.97 | .90/.90 | .93/.95 | .90/.98 | .86/.97 | .78/.93 | .88/.93 | .81/.98 |