The structure of goal contents across 15 cultures

Frederick M.E. Grouzet; Tim Kasser; Aaron Ahuvia; José Miguel Fernández Dols; Youngmee Kim; Sing Lau; Richard M. Ryan; Shaun Saunders; Peter Schmuck; Kennon M. Sheldon

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.89.5.800

The structure of goal contents across 15 cultures

Frederick M.E. Grouzet, Tim Kasser, Aaron Ahuvia, José Miguel Fernández Dols, Youngmee Kim, Sing Lau, Richard M. Ryan, Shaun Saunders, Peter Schmuck, Kennon M. Sheldon

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The authors investigated the structure of goal contents in a group of 1,854 undergraduates from 15 cultures around the world. Results suggested that the 11 types of goals the authors assessed were consistently organized in a circumplex fashion across the 15 cultures. The circumplex was well described by positing 2 primary dimensions underlying the goals: intrinsic (e.g., self-acceptance, affiliation) versus extrinsic (e.g., financial success, image) and self-transcendent (e.g., spirituality) versus physical (e.g., hedonism). The circumplex model of goal contents was also quite similar in both wealthier and poorer nations, although there were some slight cross-cultural variations. The relevance of these results for several theories of motivation and personality are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	800-816
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Volume	89
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.89.5.800
State	Published - Nov 2005

Keywords

Circumplex structure
Cross-cultural research
Intrinsic-extrinsic goals
Motivation
Self-determination theory

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