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
In the past week‚ in the area of friendships‚ how much did you want or try to: | Not at All | A little | Somewhat | A lot | Extremely | |
1. | avoid doing things that aren’t helpful to me or others | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
2. | avoid the possibility of being wrong | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
3. | get others to recognize or acknowledge your positive qualities | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
4. | avoid being selfish or self-centered | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
5. | have compassion for others’ mistakes and weaknesses | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
6. | avoid being rejected by others | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
7. | avoid taking risks or making mistakes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
8. | be constructive in your comments to others | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
9. | avoid showing your weaknesses | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
10. | avoid doing anything that would be harmful to others | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
11. | be supportive of others | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
12. | make a positive difference in someone else’s life | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
13. | convince others that you are right | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
ROOMMATE COMPASSIONATE AND SELF-IMAGE GOALS SCALE
TODAY in my relationship with my roommate‚ I wanted / tried to . . . | Not at all | A little | Somewhat | A lot | Extremely | |
1. | Have compassion for my roommate’s mistakes and weaknesses. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
2. | Make a positive difference in my roommate’s life. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
3. | Avoid the possibility of being wrong. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
4. | Be supportive of my roommate. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
5. | Avoid neglecting my relationship with my roommate. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
6. | Avoid being selfish or self-centered. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
7. | Avoid doing things that aren’t helpful to me or my roommate. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
8. | Avoid showing my weaknesses. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
9. | Be constructive in my comments to my roommate. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
10. | Avoid doing anything that would be harmful to my roommate. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
11. | Get my roommate to do things my way. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
12. | Avoid being blamed or criticized. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
13. | Be aware of the impact my behavior might have on my roommate’s feelings. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
14. | Demonstrate my intelligence. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
15. | Convince my roommate that I am right. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
16. | Avoid coming across as unintelligent or incompetent. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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