Self-Regulatory Responses to Unattainable Goals: The Role of Goal Motives

Figures & data

TABLE 1 Descriptive Statistics, Internal Reliabilities, and Correlations among Study 1 Variables

	M	SD	α	1	2	3
1. Autonomous motives	4.62	1.28	.78	–
2. Controlled motives	4.01	1.33	.67	− .22	–
3. Disengagement	2.33	.83	.89	− .42**	.06	–
4. Reengagement	3.14	1.04	.94	.34**	.16	.11

Note: * p < .05, ** p < .01.

TABLE 2 Descriptive Statistics, Internal Reliabilities, and Correlations among Study 2 Variables

	M	SD	α	1	2	3	4	5
Whole sample (N = 79)
1. Autonomous motives	4.43	1.34	.59	–
2. Controlled motives	4.35	1.34	.66	.16	–
3. Shame/embarrassment	2.54	1.19	.88	.05	.49**	–
4. Rumination	2.38	.87	.81	.41**	.23*	.60**	–
5. Disengagement	2.65	.94	.68	− .24*	− .16	− .27*	− .44**	–
6. Reengagement	2.20	1.36	.97	.18	− .07	.18	.11	.10
Subsample (n = 54)
1. Autonomous motives	4.39	1.32	.71	–
2. Controlled motives	4.29	1.39	.65	.17	–
3. Shame/embarrassment	2.55	1.06	.83	.01	.47**	–
4. Rumination	2.31	.93	.93	.51**	.26	.62**	–
5. Disengagement	2.89	.90	.63	− .28*	− .16	− .41*	− .49**	–
6. Reengagement	2.33	1.40	.96	.21	− .16	− .04	.07	.04

Note: * p < .05, ** p < .01. The subsample includes participants who realized early that the goal was unattainable.