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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

  1. Id ideals RF, Ou oughts RF, G gain RF, N-L non-loss RF
  2. aItems that can be used for a more abbreviated version
  3. 1The first coefficient denotes the factor loading or reliability estimate in the within model; the second coefficient refers to the between model