Longitudinal Patterns of Stability and Change in Tenacious Goal Pursuit and Flexible Goal Adjustment among Older People over a 9-Year Period

Table 1

Mean, standard deviation, and Cronbach alpha for TGP and FGA across the five waves.

	Time 1			Time 2			Time 3			Time 4			Time 5
	M	SD	α	M	SD	α	M	SD	α	M	SD	α	M	SD	α
Flexible goal adjustment	37.67	5.02	.70	37.66	4.76	.68	37.55	4.72	.78	37.45	4.47	.74	37.34	4.80	.74
Tenacious goal pursuit	30.27	5.71	.80	30.08	5.73	.75	29.47	5.81	.76	28.81	5.01	.72	28.86	5.72	.77