Study Passmore et al. (2018): study CA 2017

Public

Aged 17-40, undergraduate university students, Canada, 2017

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 230

Non Response

Assessment

Assessment not reported

Correlate

Authors's Label

Eudaimonic and hedonic motivation

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Eudaimonic motivation: SE b=.10 Hedonic motivation: SE b=.11

Remarks

Items not reported Source: Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motives for Activities Scale (Huta 2015, Huta and Ryan 2010)

Distribution

Eudemonic motivation: M=26.623; SD=5.01
Hedonic motivation: M=26.14; SD= 4.95

Operationalization

Selfreport on 10 items, e.g. 'seeking relaxation', 'seeking to do what you believe in'.
Respondents rated the degree that they typically approach their activities with each of 10 intentions. Rated on a 7-point scale (1= not at all to 7= very much).

Observed Relation with Happiness