English Version

Why do you work?

The following questions relate to reasons you work in the police force. Different police officers have different reasons for working in the police force, and we want to know how true each of these reasons is for you.


 

 

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I work for the police force because I enjoy it. (IM)

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I work for the police force because I would feel ashamed if I quit. (IJ)

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The reasons why I work for the police force are not clear to me anymore. (AM)

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I work for the police force because I would feel like a failure if I quit. (IJ)

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I wonder what’s the point in working for the police force. (AM)

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I work for the police force because the benefits of my work are important to me. (ID)

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I work for the police force because if I don’t other people will not be pleased with me. (EX)

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I work for the police force because I like it. (IM)

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I work for the police force because I feel obligated to continue. (IJ)

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I question why I continue to work for the police force. (AM)

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I work for the police force because I feel pressure from other people to work. (EX)

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I work for the police force because people push me to work. (EX)

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I work for the police force because it’s fun. (IM)

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I work for the police force because it teaches me self-discipline. (ID)

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I work for the police force because I find it pleasurable. (IM)

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I work for the police force because I value the benefits of my job. (ID)

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I question why I am putting myself through working for the police force . (AM)

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I work for the police force because it is a good way to learn things which could be useful to me in my life. (ID)

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I work for the police force in order to satisfy people who want me to work. (EX)

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I work for the police force because I would feel guilty if I quit. (IJ)

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I work for the police force because it’s a part of who I am. (IG)

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I work for the police force because it’s an opportunity to justify who I am. (IG)

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I work for the police force because what I do in my job is an expression of who I am. (IG)

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I work for the police force because it allows me to live in a way that is true to my values. (IG)

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Key: Intrinsic motivation (IN), Integrated regulation (IG), Identified regulation (ID), Introjected regulation (IJ), Extrinsic motivation (EX). Please delete the labels within the items when you deliver the questionnaire.


Notes. Only the autonomous dimensions of the scale (i.e., IN, IG, and ID) were tested in the study, and the medium of the test was simplified Chinese. See the Chinese version of the scale below.


Citation:

 

Chan, D. K. C., & Hagger, M. S. (2012). Autonomous forms of motivation underpinning injury prevention and rehabilitation among police officers: An application of the trans-contextual model. Motivation and Emotion, 36, 349-364.



Simplified Chinese Version



你为何工作?

请阅读每项陈述,然后圈出最能代表您的想法的数字,请注意每项陈述句子并没有对或错,请按您自己的感觉作出回答。


 

 

 

完全

不正确

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非常

正确

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为我享受我的工作

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为退出的话我会感到羞愧

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我在公安部门里面工作, 不过原因已经不太清晰了

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为退出的话我会觉得自己是失败者

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为这是我身份的一部份

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我在公安部门里面工作,但我不知道有甚么目的

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为工作的益处对我来说是重要的

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为如果我不工作的话别人会对我不满

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为我喜欢我的工作

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为我在工作中所做的是我自身的抒发

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为我觉得我有义务继续

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我在公安部门里面工作,但我质疑为何要继续

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为我感到别人向我施压要我继续

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为别人推动我去继续

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为很好玩

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为工作教会我自律

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为我觉得工作能带来乐趣

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为工作让我能够以一个忠于自己价值观的方式生活

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为我重视工作的益处

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我在公安部门里面工作,但我质疑为何要强迫自己继续下去

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为这是一个让我学习对人生有用的事物的途径

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我在公安部门里面工作,是为了满足那些想我工作的人

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为退出的话我会感到内疚

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我在公安部门里面工作,是因为这是一个让我能够做回自己的机会

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