Table 5 The correlation coefficients between the CSA, SEA, PBG components, and SE

CSA

1

SEA

0.598^a

1

Specific goals

0.897^a

0.886^a

1

Challenging goals

0.786^a

0.754^a

0.678^a

1

Competitively self-referenced goals

0.843^a

0.644^a

0.715^a

0.533^a

1

Self-improvement goal

0.948^a

0.813^a

0.704^a

0.618^a

0.609^a

1

SE

0.901^a

0.803^a

0.602^a

0.578^a

0.708^a

0.702^a

1