1. Individual Styles Questionnaire (Results)
University of Baltimore
APPL 649 & 403
Spring 2018

2. General Causality Orientation Scale (Deci & Ryan, 1985)
Motivation
Autonomy
Controlled
Impersonal
This scale assesses the strength of three different motivational orientations within an individual.
Each orientation are understood as relatively enduring aspects of personality.
Each orientation is theorized to exist within each individual to some degree.

3. General Causality Orientation Scale (Deci & Ryan, 1985)
Autonomy Orientation: High degree of experienced choice with respect to initiation and regulation of ones own behavior
Seeks opportunities for self- determination
Less Controlled by extrinsic rewards
Motivation
Autonomy

4. General Causality Orientation Scale (Deci & Ryan, 1985)
Controlled Orientation: extent to which a person is oriented towards being controlled by rewards, deadlines, and the directives of others
Seeks out, selects, or interprets events as controlling
Relies on controlling events
More controlled by extrinsic rewards
Motivation
Controlled

5. General Causality Orientation Scale (Deci & Ryan, 1985)
Impersonal Orientation: experience one’s behaviors as being beyond their internal control
Views oneself as less competent and/or unable to master situations
Views behavior as initiated and regulated by impersonal forces rather than intentions
Motivation
Impersonal

6. Descriptives N = 16, 5 Males & 11 Females Ages 19-34 (M = 22.75)
Autonomy:
M = 69.25
SD = 6.19
Controlled:
M = 51.31
SD = 11.99
Impersonal
M = 36.88
SD = 7.03

7. Females
Males
Autonomy
M =
M = 65.5
Controlled
M = 53.09
M = 47.4
Impersonal
M =36.55
M = 37.6

8. Correlations Impersonal w/ Controlled ( r = -.37)
Autonomy w/ Controlled ( r = .4)

9. Correlations (cont.)
Impersonal w/ Controlled ( r = -.1)