TABLE 2.

Bivariate correlations between variables.

	Intention to study in China	External factors	Expectancy for success	The subjective task values	Cost	Autonomous motivation	Controlled motivation
Intention to study in China	−	0.21**	0.45**	0.35*	−0.45**	0.35*	0.39**
External factors		−	0.32**	0.19**	−0.22**	0.41**	0.23*
Expectancy for success			−	0.26*	−0.14*	0.32*	0.26*
The subjective task values				−	−0.16**	0.24**	0.31**
Cost					−	−0.19**	−0.24**
Autonomous motivation						−	0.35*
Controlled motivation							−

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.