Table 3.

Standardized relationships (B coefficients) between predictors (rows) and the nature of progress monitoring (columns) in Study 3.

	Comparison to the past	Comparison to a target	Difficulty of monitoring
Number of weeks spent on goala	0.02	0.16ˆ**	–0.05
Prevention focus	–0.10ˆ*	0.05	–0.20ˆ***
Intrinsic motivation	0.05	–0.07	0.01
Quantifiability	0.12ˆ*	0.24ˆ***	–0.36ˆ***
Self-efficacy	0.01	0.02	–0.16ˆ***
Physical development/health goal	–0.05	–0.13	0.03
Financial goal	–0.15ˆ*	–0.07	0.10
Work or study goal	–0.24ˆ**	–0.01	0.14ˆ*
Social relationship goal	–0.03	–0.04	0.07
R2	0.07	0.08	0.25
F	4.15ˆ***	4.64ˆ***	16.93ˆ***

^∗p < 0.05, ^∗∗p < 0.01, ^∗∗∗p < 0.001. ^aThis variable was log transformed prior to analysis.