Table 1.

Zero-Order Correlations for Study 1 Measures.

	Self- transcendent motives (“Purpose for learning”)	Self-oriented, intrinsic motives	Extrinsic motives	Meaningful- ness of schoolwork	Self- reported grit	Self-reported self-control
Self-transcendent motives (“Purpose for learning”)	-
Self-oriented, intrinsic motives	0.66***
Extrinsic motives	0.61***	0.48***
Meaningfulness of schoolwork	0.23***	0.20***	0.19***
Self-reported grit	0.39***	0.32***	0.32***	0.26***
Self-reported self-control	0.33***	0.26***	0.21***	0.22***	0.58***
Number of boring math problems solved during the diligence task	0.09**	0.04	−0.09**	0.09**	0.07*	0.16***

Note:

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001.