Table 1.
Correlations, Cronbach’s alpha coefficients, and descriptive statistics for the overall sample, and for males and females.
Overall
(n=4 394)
Male
(n=1 802)
Female
(n=2 591)
Gender
Differences
1.
2.
3.
4.
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
F
p
η2
Alpha
1.Autonomy
---
2.96
.83
3.02
.83
2.91
.83
19.15
.001
.01
.85
2.Relatedness
.41
**
---
3.16
.89
3.23
.87
3.11
.90
19.96
.001
.01
.88
3.Task
.36
**
.47
**
---
3.95
.74
3.93
.77
3.96
.71
2.23
.135
.00
.80
4.Ego
.06
**
-.12
**
.02
---
3.02
.82
3.24
.76
2.86
.82
231.33
.001
.05
.78
5.Enjoyment
.39
**
.50
**
.63
**
.01
3.79
1.01
3.95
.95
3.68
1.04
76.18
.001
.02
.93
* p < 0.05;
** p < 0.01