How you choose is as important as what you choose: Subjective quality of choice predicts well-being and academic perform
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How you choose is as important as what you choose: Subjective quality of choice predicts well-being and academic performance Dmitry A. Leontiev 1
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Evgeny N. Osin 2
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Anna K. Fam 1
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Elena Y. Ovchinnikova 2
Accepted: 14 October 2020 # The Author(s) 2020
Abstract The paper proposes a new approach to measuring key parameters of choice as intentional activity. We developed and validated a 23-item questionnaire called the Subjective Quality of Choice (SQC) which measures four qualitative dimensions of choice: elaboration, emotional valence, autonomy, and satisfaction with the outcome. Three validation studies are presented. In the first study respondents from a large online sample evaluated the quality of important choices they made in life. Using structural equation modeling, we confirmed the structure of the SQC and investigated the associations of its scales with other measures. In the second study using a longitudinal design we replicated the structure of the SQC in a university choice context and investigated the criterion validity of its scales against well-being and academic outcome variables. In the third study we investigated the predictive validity of the SQC in a university applicant sample against an objective real-life outcome. The findings support the validity of the choice quality model. Keywords Choicework . Subjective quality of choice . University entrance . Structure equation modeling
Introduction The phenomenon of choice as a personal act to date does not have a stable place in psychological theory. Throughout the last century, choice was quite often reduced to decision The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01124-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Dmitry A. Leontiev [email protected] Evgeny N. Osin [email protected] Anna K. Fam [email protected] Elena Y. Ovchinnikova [email protected] 1
International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation, National Research University Higher School of Economics, 20 Myasnitskaya str., 101000 Moscow, Russia
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Department of Psychology, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation
making, a cognitive evaluation of existing options resulting in a preferential judgment (see Simonson, 2007), though more recently we have learned that most decisions are not made in a completely rational, accountable way and that the cognitive paradigm of rational decision making has a limited scope (see e.g. Gigerenzer, 2015; Keys & Schwartz, 2007; Peters & Slovic, 2000). Contrary to the rationalist view, real actions may contradict the decisions made earlier in conscious judgment. There are also multiple motivation and emotion-based alternative approaches considering psychological benefits and costs of being privileged to choose vs. no-choice condition. These fo
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