The Motivation Factors of Participants in International Conference and Effects on the Participation Decision Attitude : Applying to Self-determination Theory and Regulatory Focus Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-101
Author(s):  
So Yeon Kim ◽  
Yerin Yhee ◽  
Chulmo Koo
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Regulatory Focus Theory ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Motivation Factors ◽  
Participation Decision ◽  
Focus Theory

scholarly journals Feeling socially connected and focusing on growth: Relationships with well-being during a major holiday in the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh Ann Vaughn ◽  
Patricia Burkins ◽  
Rachael D. Chalachan ◽  
Janak Judd ◽  
Chase A. Garvey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Growth Promotion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Regulatory Focus Theory ◽  
Persuasive Messages ◽  
Promotion Focus ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Focus Theory

Numerous major holidays celebrate socially gathering in person. However, in major holidays that happened during the pandemic, desires to nurture relationships and maintain holiday traditions often conflicted with physical distancing and other measures to protect against COVID-19. The current research sought to understand well-being during American Thanksgiving in 2020, which happened eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, after months of physical distancing and stay-at-home orders. American Thanksgiving is a major holiday not limited to any religion. We asked 404 American adults how they spent Thanksgiving Day and to report on their experiences of that day. Predictors of well-being that we drew from self-determination theory were satisfaction of the fundamental needs for social connection (relatedness), for doing what one really wants (autonomy), and for feeling effective (competence). The predictors of well-being that we drew from regulatory focus theory were a focus on growth (promotion), and a focus on security (prevention). We found that feeling socially connected and focusing on growth related most strongly to well-being. Additionally, participants who saw even one other person face-to-face reported significantly higher relatedness satisfaction, promotion focus, and well-being than those who did not. Our research could help construct persuasive messages that encourage nurturing close relationships at major holidays while remaining safe against the virus.

scholarly journals Distinguishing between Need Support and Regulatory Focus with LIWC

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh Ann Vaughn
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Regulatory Focus Theory ◽  
Research Support ◽  
Need Support ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
Focus Theory ◽  
Support Model

The need-support model bridges regulatory focus theory and self-determination theory. Research on this model has shown that support of needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness (key constructs in self-determination theory) is higher in experiences of pursuing hopes versus duties (key constructs in regulatory focus theory). The current research used LIWC 2015’s standard dictionary to examine differences between descriptions of high and low support of these needs (N = 941), descriptions of pursuing hopes and duties (N = 1,047), high need support and hopes, and low need support and duties. As expected, descriptions of high need support and hopes were more emotionally positive than low need support and duties, whereas high need support and duties showed more attention to social relationships than low need support and hopes. These and additional findings of this research support the need-support model’s proposal that regulatory focus and need support do not reduce to each other.

scholarly journals Foundational tests of the need-support model: A framework for bridging regulatory focus theory and self-determination theory

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh Ann Vaughn
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Regulatory Focus Theory ◽  
Performance Task ◽  
Need Support ◽  
Focus Theory ◽  
Support Model ◽  
A Performance

This paper introduces the need-support model, which proposes that regulatory focus can affect subjective support for the needs proposed by self-determination theory (autonomy, competence, and relatedness) and support of these needs can affect subjective labeling of experiences as promotion-focused and prevention-focused. Three studies tested these hypotheses (N = 2,114). Study 1 found that people recall more need support in promotion-focused experiences than in prevention-focused experiences, and need support in their day yesterday (with no particular regulatory focus) fell in between. Study 2 found that experiences of higher need support were more likely to be labeled as promotion-focused rather than prevention-focused, and that each need accounted for distinct variance in the labeling of experiences. Study 3 varied regulatory focus within a performance task and found that participants in the promotion condition engaged in need-support inflation, whereas participants in the prevention condition engaged in need-support deflation. Directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Foundational tests of the need-support model: A framework for bridging regulatory focus theory and self-determination theory

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh Ann Vaughn
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Regulatory Focus Theory ◽  
Performance Task ◽  
Need Support ◽  
Focus Theory ◽  
Support Model ◽  
A Performance

This paper introduces the need-support model, which proposes that regulatory focus can affect subjective support for the needs proposed by self-determination theory (autonomy, competence, and relatedness) and support of these needs can affect subjective labeling of experiences as promotion-focused and prevention-focused. Three studies tested these hypotheses (N = 2,114). Study 1 found that people recall more need support in promotion-focused experiences than in prevention-focused experiences, and need support in their day yesterday (with no particular regulatory focus) fell in between. Study 2 found that experiences of higher need support were more likely to be labeled as promotion-focused rather than prevention-focused, and that each need accounted for distinct variance in the labeling of experiences. Study 3 varied regulatory focus within a performance task and found that participants in the promotion condition engaged in need-support inflation, whereas participants in the prevention condition engaged in need-support deflation. Directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Distinguishing Between Need Support and Regulatory Focus with LIWC

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh Ann Vaughn
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Regulatory Focus Theory ◽  
Research Support ◽  
Need Support ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
Focus Theory ◽  
Support Model

The need-support model bridges regulatory focus theory and self-determination theory. Research on this model has shown that support of needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness (key constructs in self-determination theory) is higher in experiences of pursuing hopes versus duties (key constructs in regulatory focus theory). The current research used LIWC 2015’s standard dictionary to examine differences between descriptions of high and low support of these needs (N = 941), descriptions of pursuing hopes and duties (N = 1,047), high need support and hopes, and low need support and duties. As expected, descriptions of high need support and hopes were more emotionally positive than low need support and duties, whereas high need support and duties showed more attention to social relationships than low need support and hopes. These and additional findings of this research support the need-support model’s proposal that regulatory focus and need support do not reduce to each other.

scholarly journals Feeling Socially Connected and Focusing on Growth: Relationships With Wellbeing During a Major Holiday in the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh Ann Vaughn ◽  
Patricia G. Burkins ◽  
Rachael D. Chalachan ◽  
Janak K. Judd ◽  
Chase A. Garvey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Growth Promotion ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Regulatory Focus Theory ◽  
Persuasive Messages ◽  
Promotion Focus ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Focus Theory

Numerous major holidays celebrate socially gathering in person. However, in major holidays that happened during the pandemic, desires to nurture relationships and maintain holiday traditions often conflicted with physical distancing and other measures to protect against COVID-19. The current research sought to understand wellbeing during American Thanksgiving in 2020, which happened 8months into the COVID-19 pandemic, after months of physical distancing and stay-at-home orders. American Thanksgiving is a major holiday not limited to any religion. We asked 404 American adults how they spent Thanksgiving Day and to report on their experiences of that day. Predictors of wellbeing that we drew from self-determination theory were satisfaction of the fundamental needs for social connection (relatedness), for doing what one really wants (autonomy), and feeling effective (competence). The predictors of wellbeing that we drew from regulatory focus theory were a focus on growth (promotion), and a focus on security (prevention). We found that feeling socially connected and focusing on growth related most strongly to wellbeing. Additionally, participants who saw even one other person face-to-face reported significantly higher relatedness satisfaction, promotion focus, and wellbeing than those who did not. Our research could help construct persuasive messages that encourage nurturing close relationships at major holidays while remaining safe against the virus.

Investigating a Message Tailoring Strategy to Improve Efficacy of Activity Promotion Interventions: A Study Protocol (Preprint)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Sadat Rezai ◽  
Catherine Marie Burns
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Message Framing ◽  
Physical Activity Behaviour ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Regulatory Focus Theory ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Activity Promotion ◽  
Focus Theory

BACKGROUND There have been challenges in designing effective behaviour-change interventions, including those that promote physical activity. One of the key reasons is that many of those systems do not account for individuals’ characteristics and their psychological differences, which affect their approach toward adopting target behaviour. For decades, tailoring has been used as a common technique to effectively communicate health-related information to persuade people to follow a healthier living. However, its use in the design of persuasive technologies has not been adequately investigated. OBJECTIVE The objective of this research is to explore the effects of tailoring when it is grounded in Higgins’ regulatory focus theory. METHODS A combination of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies has been proposed to examine how individuals’ intention to become more physically active would be affected by receiving health messages that may or may not match their self-regulatory orientation. The research would also subjectively, as well as objectively, measures the changes in individuals’ physical activity level. RESULTS The anticipated completion date for the consequent studies is December 2016. CONCLUSIONS In this article, the importance of refining message-framing research questions and a stepwise approach to develop an efficient experimental design to examine a new tailoring strategy is discussed. A set of small studies is proposed that would inform the best approach to design the principal experiment. The findings of principal experiment will provide a deeper insight into the relationship between regulatory-focus theory, persuasive message construction, and individuals’ physical activity behaviour.

scholarly journals The influence of regulatory focus and self-discrepancy on cognition in younger and older adults

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leann K. Lapp
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Cognitive Aging ◽  
Regulatory Focus Theory ◽  
Prevention Focus ◽  
Motivated Cognition ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Motivational Systems ◽  
Cognitive Correlates ◽  
Self Discrepancy ◽  
Focus Theory

There exists substantial literature describing how the two motivational systems of promotion and prevention (Regulatory Focus Theory; Higgins, 1997) influence behaviour. However, the specific cognitive correlates of regulatory focus remain unclear. Furthermore, how regulatory focus may influence the course of cognitive aging is unknown. Experiment 1 compared healthy older and younger adults on Higgins' measure of self-discrepancy and explored relationships with cognition. Experiment 2 compared younger adults induced into either a promotion or prevention focus relative to a no-induction control condition on measures of cognition. The results from Experiment 1 revealed that while the magnitude of self-discrepancy remains constant across the lifespan, the evaluation and content of self goals changes with age. The results from Experiment 2 suggest that the effects of the regulatory focus induction are limited but specific to particular aspects of memory and perception. Overall, these findings may contribute to our understanding of aging and motivated cognition.

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