Table 2.
Construct and referring scales with characteristics.
| Construct | Scale | Author(s) Year | Items | Answer Scale | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomy of goals | Relative Autonomy Index (RAI) | Sheldon and Elliot (1999) | 4 for each goal | Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) | Relation of autonomous reasons to controlled reasons |
| Clarity about personal values | Valued Living Scale (VLS) | Trompetter (2014) | 4 | Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) | Mean |
| Ease of goal pursuit | Ease of Goal Pursuit | Werner et al. (2016) | 1 for each goal | Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) | Mean |
| Ecological behavior | Everyday Behavior Questionnaire (EBQ) – Universalism Nature | Butenko and Schwartz (2013) | 4 | Likert scale from 0 (never) to 4 (always) | Mean |
| Effort into goal pursuit | Effort into Goal Pursuit | Sheldon and Elliot (1999) | 1 for each goal | Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) | Mean |
| Goal description | Personal Strivings (PS) | Emmons (1986) | 1 for each goal | Qualitative | – |
| Goal progress | Goal Progress | Sheldon and Elliot (1999) | 1 for each goal | Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) | Mean |
| Intrinsic values orientation | Revised Portraits Values Questionnaire (PVQ-RR) | Schwartz and Butenko (2014) | 57 | Likert scale from 1 (not like me at all) to 6 (very much like me) | Relative intrinsic life-goals importance |
| Meaning in life | Perceived Meaning in Life Scale (PMLS) | Steger et al. (2006) | 5 | Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree) | Mean |
| Mindfulness | Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) | Brown and Ryan (2003) | 15 | Likert scale from 1 (almost always) to 6 (almost never) | Mean |
| Positive affect | Scale for Positive And Negative Experience (SPANE) | Diener et al. (2009) | 12 | Likert scale from 1 (Never or very rarely) to 5 (very often or always) | Relative frequency of positive experiences |
| Psychological needs satisfaction | Psychological Well-being Scale (MIDUS – II; Autonomy, Environmental Mastery, and Positive relations with others) | Ryff (1989); Ryff and Keyes (1995) | 21 | Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree) | Mean |
| Satisfaction with life | Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) | Diener et al. (1985); Kobau, Sniezek, Zack, Lucas and Burns (2010) | 5 | Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree) | Sum |
| Social behavior | Everyday Behavior Questionnaire (EBQ) – Universalism Concern | Butenko and Schwartz (2013) | 4 | Likert scale from 0 (never) to 4 (always) | Mean |
| Subjective vitality | Subjective Vitality Scale (SVS) | Ryan and Frederick (1997) | 5 | Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree) | Mean |