Researchers have our permission to use these measures in their research. For information about reliability and validity‚ see Crocker & Canevello‚ 2008‚ Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. If you have questions about how to use or think about the measures‚ feel free to contact us: Jennifer Crocker [email protected] or Amy Canevello [email protected].
It is helpful to remember that people can have compassionate and self-image goals simultaneously; they are not opposite ends of a continuum. In addition‚ people can approach their most important goals with either a compassionate or a self-image goal orientation‚ or both. For example‚ when we asked a sample of incoming college freshmen about their most important academic goal for the semester‚ almost all of them mentioned a GPA they would like to receive. Yet‚ despite their shared overarching goal‚ these students differed in how much they had compassionate and self-image goals for academics. That is‚ people with compassionate and self-image goals don’t necessarily care about or do different things; rather‚ they approach their important goals with different motivational perspectives on the relation between the self and others‚ and with different intentions toward others
FRIENDSHIP COMPASSIONATE AND SELF-IMAGE GOALS SCALE
COMPASSIONATE GOALS: items 1‚ 4‚ 5‚ 8‚ 10‚ 11‚ 12
SELF-IMAGE GOALS: items 2‚ 3‚ 6‚ 7‚ 9‚ 13
SCORING: Take the mean of items in each subscale.
ROOMMATE COMPASSIONATE AND SELF-IMAGE GOALS SCALE
COMPASSIONATE GOALS: items 1‚ 2‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 9‚ 10‚ 13
SELF-IMAGE GOALS: items 3‚ 8‚ 11‚ 12‚ 14‚ 15‚ 16
SCORING: Take the mean of items in each subscale.
CITATION:
Crocker‚ J.‚ & Canevello‚ A. (2008). Creating and undermining social support in communal relationships: The role of compassionate and self-image goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology‚ 95‚ 555-575.
FRIENDSHIP COMPASSIONATE AND SELF-IMAGE GOALS SCALE
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In the past week‚ in the area of friendships‚ how much did you want or try to:
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avoid doing things that aren’t helpful to me or others
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avoid the possibility of being wrong
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get others to recognize or acknowledge your positive qualities
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avoid being selfish or self-centered
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have compassion for others’ mistakes and weaknesses
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avoid being rejected by others
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avoid taking risks or making mistakes
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be constructive in your comments to others
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avoid showing your weaknesses
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avoid doing anything that would be harmful to others
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be supportive of others
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make a positive difference in someone else’s life
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convince others that you are right
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ROOMMATE COMPASSIONATE AND SELF-IMAGE GOALS SCALE
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TODAY in my relationship with my roommate‚ I wanted / tried to . . .
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Have compassion for my roommate’s mistakes and weaknesses.
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Make a positive difference in my roommate’s life.
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Avoid the possibility of being wrong.
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Be supportive of my roommate.
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Avoid neglecting my relationship with my roommate.
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Avoid being selfish or self-centered.
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Avoid doing things that aren’t helpful to me or my roommate.
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Avoid showing my weaknesses.
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Be constructive in my comments to my roommate.
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Avoid doing anything that would be harmful to my roommate.
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Get my roommate to do things my way.
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Avoid being blamed or criticized.
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Be aware of the impact my behavior might have on my roommate’s feelings.
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Demonstrate my intelligence.
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Convince my roommate that I am right.
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Avoid coming across as unintelligent or incompetent.
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