Correlation between Assertiveness and Perceived Life Purpose
Data is collected from study subjects that are not randomly assigned to a treatment. This includes surveys, “natural experiments,” and regression discontinuity designs. For this study participants were recruited via email. The sample in this study includes 259 college students who agreed to participate. There were multiple waves of data collection, making this a longitudinal study. Data was not only collected as self-report measures, but participants also nominated people who knew them well to complete the questionnaires about them. This gives us a more well-rounded picture of the participants in the study. Only first-wave and only self-report are being used. The two variables measured in this study are assertiveness and perceived life purpose. These were measured in a series of questions given out as self-report surveys. There were 10 different questions measuring assertiveness coming from the bfas; these range from questions about being a good leader to being a good influencer and having a strong personality. 20 different questions measuring one's perceived life purpose coming from the pil. These ranged from questions about one's goals to questions about how satisfied one is at the moment. The scale used for both of these variables was a 5-point scale. For this study, a correlational analysis will be used since the goal will be to determine whether or not a relationship exists between the two variables and whether or not it is positive. Due to the nature of this study, one can not determine the direction the relationship runs (meaning which variable is affecting which) therefore the best statistical model to use would be a correlational analysis.