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Table 4 Means, standard deviations, correlations, and internal consistencies of the new and existing RF measures (study 3)

From: What motivates you right now? Development of a measure of momentary-chronic regulatory focus

  M SD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Promotion focus
 1. Ideals a 5.55 0.90 .88            
 2. Gain a 5.60 0.69 .41** .77           
 3. Lockwood: Promb 6.81 1.07 .63** .46** .86          
 4. Wallace: Promc 3.50 0.52 .13 .42** .33** .61         
 5. Higgins: Promc 3.70 0.64 .42** .43** .58** .29** .69        
Prevention Focus
 6. Oughtsa 4.73 1.03 − .09 .35** .03 .34** .04 .84       
 7. Non-lossa 4.28 1.34 − .04 .12 − .17 .24* − .18† .47** .94      
 8. Lockwood: Prevb 4.26 1.54 − .23* − .17 − .33** .06 − .53** .45** .61** .88     
 9. Wallace: Prevc 3.41 0.66 .01 .30 .15 .41** .03 .77** .44** .34** .81    
 10. Higgins: Prevc 3.55 0.83 − .01 .15 − .04 .11 .01 .15 − .01 − .06 .19† .84   
Demographic data
 11. Age 22.73 3.78 .17 .06 .10 − .05 .16 − .16 − .16 − .12 − .05 − .40**   
 12. Genderd 1.78 0.42 .13 .24 .30** .09 .27** .18† .08 − .04 .08 .06 − .02  
 13. Semester 2.61 2.52 − .01 − .14 − .04 − .05 .02 − .13 − .04 − .01 − .04 − .07 .13 − .11
  1. N = 91 (time 2); for age, gender, and semester, N = 105. Cronbach’s alphas are presented on the diagonal. Convergent correlations are set in bold. For all scales, higher values indicate higher agreement
  2. aScale ranges from 1 to 7
  3. bScale ranges from 1 to 9
  4. cScale ranges from 1 to 5
  5. dGender: 1 = male, 2 = female
  6. †p < .10, *p < .05, **p < .01
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