From: Subjective (dis)utility of effort: mentally and physically demanding tasks
Variable | Items | Mean | SD | α |
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Self-Concept and Self-Estimates of Abilities | ||||
 Verbal Self-Concept | 6 | 5.00 | .65 | .76 |
 Math Self-Concept | 6 | 5.15 | .73 | .86 |
 Spatial Self-Concept | 6 | 4.72 | .70 | .79 |
 Self-Estimate of Verbal Abilities | 4 | 71.59 | 14.03 | .79 |
 Self-Estimate of Math Abilities | 5 | 77.36 | 13.87 | .88 |
 Self-Estimate of Spatial Abilities | 4 | 68.04 | 15.85 | .84 |
 Self-Estimate of Perceptual Speed/Psychomotor Abilities | 6 | 69.13 | 15.11 | .87 |
 Self-Estimate of General Abilities | 3 | 71.10 | 14.09 | .75 |
 Preference for Numerical Information | 11 | 4.68 | .75 | .88 |
Composites | ||||
 Verbal/Crystallized | 5 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .83 |
 Math/Fluid | 4 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .75 |
Personality and Motivation | ||||
 Typical Intellectual Engagement | 12 | 4.17 | .76 | .85 |
 Extroversion | 10 | 3.90 | .93 | .90 |
 Openness to experience | 12 | 4.08 | .68 | .72 |
 Need for Achievement | 10 | 4.68 | .63 | .84 |
 Social Closeness | 10 | 4.17 | .98 | .90 |
 Conscientiousness | 12 | 4.25 | .73 | .87 |
 Self-Discipline | 10 | 3.05 | .84 | .90 |
 Boredom Proneness | 7 | 2.87 | .66 | .65 |
 Desire to Learn | 8 | 4.61 | .67 | .83 |
 Mastery | 8 | 4.21 | .47 | .83 |
 Other-Oriented Goals | 7 | 4.16 | .76 | .79 |
 Competitiveness | 6 | 3.40 | .37 | .90 |
 Worry in Achievement Contexts | 10 | 3.75 | .69 | .86 |
 Emotionality in Achievement Contexts | 9 | 3.45 | .62 | .86 |
Composites | ||||
 Mastery/nAch | 5 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .89 |
 TIE/Openness, Desire to Learn | 3 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .77 |
 Extroversion, lack of worry in Achievement context | 4 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .70 |
 Competitiveness, Other-oriented goals | 2 | 0.00 | 1.00 | .72 |
Interests | ||||
 Realistic | 15 | 51.45 | 13.46 | .89 |
 Investigative | 15 | 56.21 | 13.82 | .91 |
 Artistic interests | 15 | 54.36 | 16.27 | .90 |
 Social | 15 | 61.79 | 10.43 | .82 |
 Enterprising | 15 | 52.08 | 12.46 | .87 |
 Conventional | 15 | 47.23 | 15.11 | .92 |