The Life Goals scale was prepared according to the Self-Determination theory (İlhan, 2009). This scale was developed by İlhan (2009) to determine the long-term goals of university students and used in his doctoral dissertation titled "university students' self-adjustment model, life goals, basic psychological needs and subjective well-being". The test consists of 47 items. The options in the test items are named with numbers up to 1,2,3...7. The seventh item indicates the highest level (goal) while the first item indicates the lowest goal. The scale consists of nine factors. These factors are personal relationship, contribution to society, physical health, personal development, meaningful life, contribution to family, fame, image, and financial success.
The sub-factors of the life goals scale and the items they cover are shown below.
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Intrinsic Objectives | |
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Personal Relationship |
1, 6, 14, 20, 28, 34 |
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Contribution to society |
2,8, 15, 22, 30, 35, 40 |
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Physical health |
4, 11, 18, 25 |
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Personal development |
10, 16, 23, 31, 37, 47 |
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Contribution to the family |
13, 27, 33, 38, 43, 46 |
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Meaningful life |
41, 42, 45 |
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External Objectives | |
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Material success |
3, 9, 17, 24, 32, 36 |
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Image |
5, 7, 12, 19, 26 |
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Becoming famous |
21, 29, 39, 44 |
Having more intrinsic goals contributes to the satisfaction of basic psychological needs such as competence, relatedness and autonomy and subjective well-being; having extrinsic goals leads to a decrease in need satisfaction and subjective well-being.
Reference : İlhan T. University students' self-compatibility model: life goals, basic psychological needs and subjective well-being (Doctoral dissertation). Ankara, Gazi University, 2009.