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Table 6.1 The 11 groupings of the themes of the COQ-CR organized according to internal and
external aspects
Social motivation aspects
External groupings
Examples of themes
Contributing to the society and the
community
Make something important and significant, even if it
does not contribute to self-promotion; Feeling that one
can promote the general welfare; Devoting time and
effort to society; Readiness to invest a lot to help
people
Being receptive to the environment,
absorbing from the environment
Extracts something from the environment even if it
offers only a few stimuli (openness to the environ-
ment); Absorbing from the environment as much as
possible, not selectively; Curious to learn a lot about
every domain
Freedom in functioning
Does not need a rigid framework of rules defining the
situation and the conditions; Unable to function
according to the instructions of others; Functions by
intuition; Need of freedom in thinking and acting;
Acting because he/she wishes and not because he/she
ought to
Functioning under conditions of
uncertainty
Liking ambiguity and uncertainty; Liking to take
risks; Liking jobs in which not everything is clear;
Functioning even if he/she cannot control every detail
of the process
Non-functionality
Able to work even if sees no immediate benefit; Does
not believe that every idea can be implemented in
practice; Compromising in regard to practicality and
functionality; Readiness to act even if functionality is
not clearly stated, or not clearly requested from the
start
Personal motivation aspects
Internal groupings
Examples of themes
Self-expression
Expressing emotions outwardly; Creating something
personal; Expressing thoughts, views, and skills;
Externalizing feelings; Being loyal to own feelings
and ideas; Speaking with others about oneself
Self development
Investing in oneself and developing oneself; Taking
advantage of opportunities for promotion and learn-
ing; Developing skills; Not satisfied with any
achievement but seeking more
Emphasizing one's uniqueness
Experiencing one's uniqueness; Feeling that he/she
has unique talents; Developing and highlighting one's
uniqueness; Understanding things in his/her own way;
Being different from others; Seeing things differently
from others; Making original things
Emphasis on inner world
More interested in what takes place within oneself
than in what occurs outside and in others; Making
efforts to learn about him/herself; Feeling contradic-
tions within the inner world; Emphasizing the impor-
tance of fantasy
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