1.

Economic goals
 Having a high-status career
 Having an influential and prestigious occupation
 Having a high standard of living and wealth
 having a career
 Becoming a business executive
 Make my parents proud
 Owning my own business

2. Aesthetic goals
 Producing good artistic work
 Becoming accomplished in one of the performing arts
 Be an accomplished musician
 Supporting artistic activities and the fine arts
 Write good fiction and prose

3. Social goals
 Working to promote the welfare of others
 Helping others in need
 Taking part in volunteer community and public service

4. Relationship goals
 Having a satisfying marriage/ relationship
 Having children
 Having harmonious relationships with my parents and siblings

5. Political goals
 Be influential in public affairs
 Becoming a community leader

6. Hedonistic goals
 Having new and different experiences
 Having fun
 Having an exciting lifestyle
7. Religious goals
 Participating in religious activities
 Devoting attention to my spiritual life
 Personal growth goalsa
 Feeling a real purpose in life 4.6 (.8) 4.4 (.8)* 4.7 (.7)
 Having a job that is personally
 satisfying even if it does not
 make me rich 4.1 (1.1) 3.8 (1.2)* 4.3 (.9)
 Be well read 3.9 (1.2) 3.7 (1.2)* 4.0 (1.1)
 Physical well-being goalsa
 Being in good physical condition 4.4 (.9) 4.3 (.9) 4.4 (.8)
 Becoming an outstanding athlete 2.3 (1.4) 2.8 (1.4)* 2.0 (1.2)
 Theoretical goalsa
 Preparing myself for graduate
 school 4.1 (1.1) 4.1 (1.1) 4.1 (1.1)
 Become an authority on a
 special subject in my field 3.7 (1.1) 3.7 (1.1) 3.7 (1.2)
 Unclassified goalsb
 Living in aesthetically pleasing
 surroundings 4.0 (.9) 4.1 (.9) 4.0 (1.0)
 Being married to someone who
 has a career in addition
 to my own 3.7 (1.2) 3.2 (1.2)* 4.1 (1.1)
 Earning enough to be
 comfortable, and no more 3.2 (1.1) 3.1 (1.2)* 3.3 (1.0)
 Having an easy life 3.1 (1.1) 3.3 (1.1)* 3.0 (1.1)
 Avoiding hard work 2.2 (1.0) 2.4 (1.1)* 2.1 (.9)
 Being in a traditional marriage
 where the husband is the
 primary wage earner and the
 wife primarily cares for children