Achievement goals and life satisfaction: the mediating role of perception of successful agency and the moderating role of emotion reappraisal

Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica

Psychology: Research and Review

Table 2 Descriptive statistics, coefficient alphas, and zero-order correlations between variables

	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. Achievement goals	5.08	1.42	(.90)
2. Emotion reappraisal	4.27	1.67	.35**	(.95)
3. Perception of successful agency	5.38	1.38	.83**	.27**	(.95)
4. Life satisfaction	4.55	1.42	.42**	.36**	.44**	(.93)
5. Gender			− .17*	− .04	− .07	− .02
6. Age	2.25	.50	.03	− .10	.01	.01	.16*
7. Income	2.76	1.14	.12	− .05	.15*	.10	− .12	.30**
8. Education	3.44	.76	− .05	− .06	.01	− .05	− .05	.12	.24**
9. Job tenure	2.70	.97	− .05	− .02	.01	.10	.02	.06	− .02	− .26**
10. Social desirability	1.52	.31	.12	.43**	.09	.12	.02	− .05	− .07	− .18**	.05	(.77)

N = 225; age: 1 = less than 18 years old, 2 = 18–35 years old, 3 = 36–53 years old, 4 = more than 54 years old; (monthly) income: 1= less than 2000 yuan; 2 = 2000–4000 yuan; 3 = 4001–6000 yuan; 4 = more than 6000 yuan; education: 1= high school, 2 = some college, 3 = bachelor’s degree, 4 = master’s degree, 5 = doctoral degree; job tenure: 1 = less than 2 years, 2 = 2–3 years, 3 = 4–5 years, 4 = more than 6 years; social desirability: 1 = true, 2 = false
^*p < .05
^**p < .01