scholarly journals Examining the role of approach-avoidance and autonomous-controlled motivation in predicting goal progress over time

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlyn M. Werner ◽  
Marina Milyavskaya ◽  
Richard Koestner
Keyword(s):  
Model Comparison ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Approach And Avoidance ◽  
Goal Progress ◽  
Avoidance Motivation ◽  
Controlled Motivation ◽  
Bayesian Model Comparison ◽  
Approach Avoidance ◽  
Over Time

In the present research, we examined the role of approach-avoidance and autonomous-controlled motivation in predicting goal progress over time. At the beginning of the semester, participants (n1 = 240; n2 = 159) identified goals that they planned to pursue and reported their motivation. At the end of the semester, they indicated how much progress they made on each goal. Multilevel analyses confirmed our hypothesis that autonomous motivation was the most consistent predictor of goal progress, especially at the within-person level. That is, people made more progress on goals that were pursued for autonomous reasons compared to their other goals, whereas controlled, approach, and avoidance motivation were unrelated to goal progress. Across both studies, interactions between autonomous-controlled and approach-avoidance were inconsistent. Bayesian model comparison further substantiated our finding that autonomous motivation was the best predictor of goal progress.

scholarly journals Vulnerability to psychopathology and creativity: The role of approach-avoidance motivation and novelty seeking.

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 334-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthijs Baas ◽  
Bernard A. Nijstad ◽  
Jessie Koen ◽  
Nathalie C. Boot ◽  
Carsten K. W. De Dreu
Keyword(s):  
Novelty Seeking ◽  
Avoidance Motivation ◽  
Approach Avoidance

scholarly journals Work Autonomous and Controlled Motivation on Chinese Employees' Work Performance and Innovative Work Behaviour: The Moderating Role of Financial Stress

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feifei Ren ◽  
Qian Zhang ◽  
Xing Wei
Keyword(s):  
Work Performance ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Financial Stress ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
Controlled Motivation ◽  
Innovative Work ◽  
Innovative Work Behaviour ◽  
Moderating Role

This study applied self-determination theory (SDT) to investigate the relationships between work motivation and work behaviour of Chinese employees and the moderating role of financial stress. Data were obtained from 245 employees of five organisations in China using a convenience sampling technique. The results indicated that autonomous motivation positively predicted work performance and innovative work behaviour, while controlled motivation had a positive effect only on work performance of employees. In addition, financial stress moderated the relationships between autonomous motivation and work performance and innovative work behaviour of employees. Specifically, the beneficial effect of autonomous motivation on work performance and innovative work behaviour disappeared when financial stress was high. The findings of the present study supported cultural similarities in the positive role of autonomous motivation and showed cultural differences in the role of controlled motivation. The implications of this study are also discussed.

scholarly journals Neural systems underlying approach and avoidance in anxiety disorders

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-531 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Orbitofrontal Cortex ◽  
Neural Substrates ◽  
Neural Systems ◽  
Approach And Avoidance ◽  
Cognition And Emotion ◽  
Avoidance Behaviors ◽  
Approach Avoidance

Approach-avoidance conflict is an important psychological concept that has been used extensively to better understand cognition and emotion. This review focuses on neural systems involved in approach, avoidance, and conflict decision making, and how these systems overlap with implicated neural substrates of anxiety disorders. In particular, the role of amygdala, insula, ventral striatal, and prefrontal regions are discussed with respect to approach and avoidance behaviors. Three specific hypotheses underlying the dysfunction in anxiety disorders are proposed, including: (i) over-representation of avoidance valuation related to limbic overactivation; (ii) under- or over-representation of approach valuation related to attenuated or exaggerated striatal activation respectively; and (iii) insufficient integration and arbitration of approach and avoidance valuations related to attenuated orbitofrontal cortex activation. These dysfunctions can be examined experimentally using versions of existing decision-making paradigms, but may also require new translational and innovative approaches to probe approach-avoidance conflict and related neural systems in anxiety disorders.

The curvilinear relationship between within-person creative self-efficacy and individual creative performance: the moderating role of approach/avoidance motivations

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 2073-2091
Author(s):  
Ci-Rong Li ◽  
Yanyu Yang ◽  
Chen-Ju Lin ◽  
Ying Xu
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Curvilinear Relationship ◽  
Creative Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Avoidance Motivation ◽  
Level Model ◽  
Approach Avoidance ◽  
Creative Self

PurposeThis research adopts a dynamic self-regulation framework to test whether there is a curvilinear relationship between creative self-efficacy and individual creative performance at the within-person level. Furthermore, to establish a boundary condition of the predicted relationship, the authors build a cross-level model and examine how approach motivation and avoidance motivation moderate the complex relationship between creative self-efficacy and individual creative performance.Design/methodology/approachTo obtain results from a within-person analysis, the authors collect multi-source data from 125 technicians who provided monthly reports over an 8-month period.FindingsThe authors find evidence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between creative self-efficacy and individual creative performance at the within-person level and differential moderating effects of approach/avoidance motivations.Originality/valueThis study is one of the first to challenge the assumption that creative self-efficacy always has a positive linear relationship with creativity. It provides a more complete view of the complex pattern between creative self-efficacy and creativity at the within-person level.

scholarly journals Is Variety a Spice of (an Active) Life?: Perceived Variety, Exercise Behavior, and the Mediating Role of Autonomous Motivation

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 516-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin D. Sylvester ◽  
Martyn Standage ◽  
Tavinder K. Ark ◽  
Shane N. Sweet ◽  
Peter R.E. Crocker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Basic Psychological Needs ◽  
Exercise Behavior ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Controlled Motivation ◽  
Perceived Variety

In this study, we examined whether perceived variety in exercise prospectively predicts unique variance in exercise behavior when examined alongside satisfaction of the three basic psychological needs (for competence, relatedness, and autonomy) embedded within self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2002), through the mediating role of autonomous and controlled motivation. A convenience sample of community adults (N = 363) completed online questionnaires twice over a 6-week period. The results of structural equation modeling showed perceived variety and satisfaction of the needs for competence and relatedness to be unique indirect positive predictors of exercise behavior (through autonomous motivation) 6 weeks later. In addition, satisfaction of the need for autonomy was found to negatively predict controlled motivation. Perceived variety in exercise complemented satisfaction of the needs for competence, relatedness, and autonomy in predicting motivation and (indirectly) exercise behavior, and may act as a salient mechanism in the prediction of autonomous motivation and behavior in exercise settings.

scholarly journals Peace of Mind, Academic Motivation, and Academic Achievement in Filipino High School Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesus Alfonso D. Datu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Academic Motivation ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Affective States ◽  
School Students ◽  
Peace Of Mind ◽  
Controlled Motivation

AbstractRecent literature has recognized the advantageous role of low-arousal positive affect such as feelings of peacefulness and internal harmony in collectivist cultures. However, limited research has explored the benefits of low-arousal affective states in the educational setting. The current study examined the link of peace of mind (PoM) to academic motivation (i.e., amotivation, controlled motivation, and autonomous motivation) and academic achievement among 525 Filipino high school students. Findings revealed that PoM was positively associated with academic achievement β = .16, p < .05, autonomous motivation β = .48, p < .001, and controlled motivation β = .25, p < .01. As expected, PoM was negatively related to amotivation β = –.19, p < .05, and autonomous motivation was positively associated with academic achievement β = .52, p < .01. Furthermore, the results of bias-corrected bootstrap analyses at 95% confidence interval based on 5,000 bootstrapped resamples demonstrated that peace of mind had an indirect influence on academic achievement through the mediating effects of autonomous motivation. In terms of the effect sizes, the findings showed that PoM explained about 1% to 18% of the variance in academic achievement and motivation. The theoretical and practical implications of the results are elucidated.

Language Use and Stereotyping: the Role of Approach and Avoidance Motivation Goals

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 1210-1221
Author(s):  
Lorena Gil de Montes ◽  
Garbiñe Ortiz ◽  
José F. Valencia ◽  
Maider Larrañaga ◽  
Arrate Agirrezabal
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Orientation ◽  
Approach And Avoidance ◽  
Motor Action ◽  
Avoidance Motivation ◽  
Expectancy Bias ◽  
Communication Goals ◽  
Linguistic Abstraction ◽  
Approach And Avoidance Motivation ◽  
Answer Format

The use of more abstract language to describe expected behaviors as opposed to unexpected behaviors has traditionally been considered a way of stereotype maintenance. This tendency is known as linguistic expectancy bias. Two experiments examined the influence of approach and avoidance motivational orientations on the production of this linguistic expectancy bias. It was predicted that approach strategic orientation is likely to describe expectancy consistent behaviors at a higher level of linguistic abstraction than expectancy inconsistent behaviors. In contrast, avoidance strategic orientation is likely to describe both expectancy consistent behaviors and expectancy inconsistent behaviors at a lower level of linguistic abstraction, thus facilitating the disappearance of linguistic expectancy bias. Two experiments confirmed these expectations, using strategic orientation manipulations based either on communication goals or on motor action, and measuring linguistic abstraction either on forced-choice answer format or on free descriptions. Implications for the generalisation of linguistic expectancy bias are discussed.

Autonomous Motivation, Controlled Motivation, and Goal Progress

2008 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 1201-1230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Koestner ◽  
Nancy Otis ◽  
Theodore A. Powers ◽  
Luc Pelletier ◽  
Hugo Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Goal Progress ◽  
Controlled Motivation

Bayesian Highest Density Intervals of Take-Over Times for Highly Automated Driving in Different Traffic Densities

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 2009-2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moritz Körber ◽  
Jonas Radlmayr ◽  
Klaus Bengler
Keyword(s):  
Parameter Estimation ◽  
Model Comparison ◽  
Bayes Factor ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Credible Interval ◽  
Automated Driving ◽  
Bayesian Parameter Estimation ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Bayesian Model Comparison ◽  
Over Time

Current human factors research on automated driving aims to ensure its safe introduction into road traffic. Although informative results are crucial for this purpose, most studies rely on point estimates and dichotomous reject-nonreject decisions that have been declared obsolete by more recent statistical approaches like new statistics (Cumming, 2014) or Bayesian parameter estimation (Kruschke, 2015). In this work, we show the objective advantages of Bayesian parameter estimation and demonstrate its abundance of information on parameters. In Study 1, we estimate take-over times with a relatively uninformed prior distribution. In Study 2, the resulting posterior distributions of Study 1 were then used as informed prior distributions for interval estimations of mean, standard deviation and distribution shape of take-over time in different traffic densities. We obtained 95 % credible interval widths between 490 ms and 600 ms for mean take-over times, depending on the condition. These intervals include the 95 % most probable values of the mean take-over time and represent a quantification of uncertainty in the estimation. Given the data and the experimental conditions, a take-over requires most likely 2.51 seconds [2.27, 2.76] when there is no traffic, 3.40 seconds [3.11, 3.71] in medium traffic and 3.50 seconds [3.21, 3.78] in high traffic. Bayesian model comparison with Bayes Factor is discussed as an alternative approach in conclusion.

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