Motivational Autonomy and Internalized Norms

The Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET) initiative aims to broaden and deepen the measurement of women’s agency, based on the development of new tools and rigorous testing and comparison of both new and existing methods for measuring agency, and promoting the adoption of these measures at scale. By increasing the availability of innovative meaningful measures of agency for a broad range of contexts, we hope our work will lead to an improved understanding of what women’s agency is, how it manifests and how it can best be measured across contexts given the research question at hand. A key component of Self-Determination Theory (Ryan and Deci 2000), motivational autonomy conceptualizes human behavior as driven by distinct types of motivation. Behavior that reflects individuals’ own values and interests is seen as autonomous and intrinsically motivated. Behavior taken to avoid punishment and blame or to gain reward or favor among other people is seen as extrinsically motivated. This survey tool, Motivational Autonomy and Internalized Norms, includes vignettes measuring four different types of motivation, ranging from the most autonomous (intrinsic, integrated) to the least autonomous (introjected, external). We recommend the use of this tool in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of development programs aimed at improving women’s empowerment. This data study includes following files. 1. A survey document (including implementation guidelines) 2.Two files, CAPI_Choices and CAPI_Survey, along with the accompanying files, can be used to construct a CAPI program ready for survey implementation. Alternatively, users can use an Excel workbook \"CAPI_.xlsx\" that includes worksheets for survey and choices, along with others, for constructing a CAPI program ready for survey implementation.

推进性别平等测量举措（Measures for Advancing Gender Equality, MAGNET）旨在拓展并深化对女性能动性（women’s agency）的测量工作：通过开发新型测量工具，对全新及现有能动性测量方法开展严格测试与对比，并推动这些测量工具的规模化应用。通过为多样化场景提供更具创新性与实用价值的能动性测量工具，我们期望本研究能够增进学界对女性能动性内涵、表现形式，以及结合具体研究问题在不同场景下最优测量方法的理解。自我决定理论（Self-Determination Theory, Ryan与Deci于2000年提出）的核心构成之一——动机性自主（motivational autonomy），将人类行为阐释为受不同类型动机驱动的结果。体现个体自身价值观与兴趣的行为被视为自主性内在动机行为；而出于规避惩罚与指责，或为获取他人奖励与好感而实施的行为，则被归类为外在动机行为。本研究使用的动机性自主与内化规范问卷（Motivational Autonomy and Internalized Norms）包含用于测量四类不同动机的情境（vignettes），涵盖自主性最高的（内在型、整合型）到自主性最低的（内摄型、外在型）动机。我们推荐将该工具应用于旨在提升女性赋权的发展项目的设计、监测与评估工作中。本数据集包含以下文件：1. 问卷文档（含实施指南）；2. 两个文件，即CAPI_Choices与CAPI_Survey，搭配配套文件可用于构建可直接用于调查实施的计算机辅助个人访谈（Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing, CAPI）程序。此外，用户也可使用名为"CAPI_.xlsx"的Excel工作簿，该工作簿包含问卷与选项设置等相关工作表，同样可用于构建可直接投入调查实施的CAPI程序。