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Psychological Science and Education
2019. Vol. 24, no. 5, 47–57
doi:10.17759/pse.2019240505
ISSN: 1814-2052 / 2311-7273 (online)

Experiences in Different Activities: Temporal Dynamics and Construct Validity

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K.G. Klein, D.A. Leontiev, V.Y. Kostenko, E.N. Osin, O.A. Taranenko, N.V. Kosheleva

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Abstract

This study aims to clarify the methodological status of the category “activity experience”. A sample of the study consists of first-year students of a Moscow university. Study 1 (N = 104) attended by respondent aged 17 to 28 years (M = 18.30; SD = 1.40), 82% are female, and in study 2 (N = 93), aged 17 to 28 20 years old (M = 18.02; SD = 0.61), 55% are female. Study 2 includes three measurements of activity-related experiences with an interval of 10—15 days. We use the Activity-Related Experience Assessment (AREA), the Universal Perceived Locus of Causality Scale (UPLOC), the Responsibility Scale, and a brief version of the Psychological Health Continuum. The results of the study demonstrate that the activity-related experiences are neither personality traits, that are inherent in the individual regardless of situations, nor emotional states that change over time. Evidence of reliability, construct validity and criterion validity of the Activity-Related Experiences Assessment Scale is given. The measure of academic success is better predicted not by those experiences that are manifested during study activities, but those that arise along on the way to university. There is a slight effect of the influence of time on the measure of effort.

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Keywords: activity-related experience, quality of motivation, self-determination theory, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, academic motivation

Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/pse.2019240505

Funding. This study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant № 16-18-10439.

For citation: Klein K.G., Leontiev D.A., Kostenko V.Y., Osin E.N., Taranenko O.A., Kosheleva N.V. Experiences in Different Activities: Temporal Dynamics and Construct Validity. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie = Psychological Science and Education, 2019. Vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 47–57. DOI: 10.17759/pse.2019240505. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Konstantin G. Klein, Research Assistant, International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2762-158X, e-mail: kleinme@mail.ru

Dmitriy A. Leontiev, Doctor of Psychology, Leading Research Fellow, The Laboratory for Comparative Research in Quality of Life, National Research Tomsk State University, Head of International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation; Professor of Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Psychology, HSE University, Moscow, Tomsk, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2252-9805, e-mail: dmleont@gmail.com

Vasily Y. Kostenko, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5612-3857, e-mail: vasily.kostenko@gmail.com

Evgeny N. Osin, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3330-5647, e-mail: eosin@hse.ru

Olga A. Taranenko, Lead Analyst of the Department of Scientific and Methodological Support, Federal Coordination Cen-ter for the Provision of Psychological Services in the Education System of the Russian Federation, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Master, Research Assistant, International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4273-5681, e-mail: otaranenko@hse.ru

Natalia V. Kosheleva, Ph.D. Student, Research Fellow, International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: nkocheleva@hse.ru

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