Age and Cultural Differences in Self-Perceptions of Mastery Motivation and Competence in American, Chinese, and Hungarian School Age Children

Table 2

Correlations among the DMQ scale scores for each culture separately and the total sample.

Scales	Culture	Cognitive persistence	Gross motor persistence	Social persistence with adults	Social persistence with peers	Mastery pleasure
Gross motor persistence	US	.60	—	—	—	—
	CH	.69	—	—	—	—
	HU	.51	—	—	—	—
	Total	.53	—	—	—	—
Social persistence with adults	US	.43	.30	—	—	—
	CH	.51	.48	—	—	—
	HU	.46	.36	—	—	—
	Total	.45	.38	—	—	—
Social persistence with peers	US	.60	.55	.51	—	—
	CH	.64	.58	.53	—	—
	HU	.44	.42	.43	—	—
	Total	.46	.45	.46	—	—
Mastery pleasure	US	.47	.38	.45	.51	—
	CH	.54	.46	.33	.52	—
	HU	.42	.29	.39	.43	—
	Total	.44	.31	.38	.44	—
Competence	US	.48	.31	.25	.21	.21
	CH	.64	.55	.57	.50	.34
	HU	.48	.29	.29	.26	.27
	Total	.51	.33	.33	.29	.28