{"id":615,"date":"2018-07-18T09:41:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T00:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/?p=615"},"modified":"2018-07-18T09:41:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T00:41:36","slug":"index-of-autonomous-functioning-iaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuis.kandagaigo.ac.jp\/rilae\/index-of-autonomous-functioning-iaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Index of Autonomous Functioning (IAF)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Purpose:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To determine <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trait autonomy based on three theoretically derived subscales assessing authorship\/self-congruence, interest-taking, and low susceptibility to control.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Source:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/selfdeterminationtheory.org\/iaf\/\">http:\/\/selfdeterminationtheory.org\/iaf\/<\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Short description:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A growing interest in the functional importance of dispositional autonomy led to the development and validation of the Index of Autonomous Functioning (IAF) across seven studies (Weinstein, Przybylski, &amp; Ryan, 2012). The IAF provides a brief and reliable measure of trait autonomy based on three theoretically derived subscales assessing authorship\/self-congruence, interest-taking, and low susceptibility to control.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authorship\/congruence reflects how much one views oneself as the author of behavior and experiences high consistency among behaviors, attitudes, and traits. Interest-taking concerns an ongoing insight into oneself and one\u2019s experience in an open and non-judgmental manner. Lastly, low susceptibility to control refers to the absence of internal and external pressures as motivators for behaviors. Initial validation studies showed consistency within and across subscales, and appropriate placement within a nomological network of constructs. Diary studies demonstrated IAF relations with higher well-being, greater daily satisfaction of basic psychological needs, and more autonomous engagement in daily activities. Using an experimental approach, the IAF was shown to predict more positive interactions among dyads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sample questions:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instructions: \u201cBelow is a collection of statements about your general experiences. Please indicate how true each statement is of your experiences on the whole. Remember that there are no right or wrong answers. Please answer according to what really reflects your experience rather than what you think your experience should be.\u201d Items were paired with a Likert-type scale with 1 = \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not at all true<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, 2 = \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a bit true<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, 3 = \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">somewhat true<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, 4 = \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mostly true<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, and 5 = \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">completely true<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sample questions: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My decisions represent my most important values and feelings (authorship\/self-congruence subscale)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I often reflect on why I react the way I do (interest-taking)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Paid or free:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free? Must have an account to download<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Reliability\/validity measures:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Results showed consistency within and across subscales, and appropriate placement within a nomological network of constructs.<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weinstein et al. included 7 different studies in their study&#8211; see their article for more specific values of reliability and validity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Setting:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individual<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Education<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workplace<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Stakeholder(s):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workplace<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individuals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Educational institutions <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Type of measurement:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questionnaire<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Possible uses:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal development <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workplace professional development<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learner plans <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pre- and post- test evaluations of an intervention <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Ease of implementation:\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy. 15 items (3 subscales, 5 items each), est. 12 min. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Advantages:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minimal time commitment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy to take, administer, and score<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Predictive nature <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Drawbacks:\u00a0<\/b>Self-report<\/p>\n<p><b>Studies this has been used in:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deci, E. L., Connell, J. P., &amp; Ryan, R. M. (1989). Self-determination in a work organization. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 580-590.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weinstein, N., Przybylski, A. K., &amp; Ryan, R. M. (2012). The index of autonomous functioning: Development of a scale of human autonomy. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal of Research in Personality<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">46<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 397-413. doi: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10.1016\/j.jrp.2012.03.007<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purpose:\u00a0To determine trait autonomy based on three theoretically derived subscales assessing authorship\/self-congruence, interest-taking, and low susceptibility to control. 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