Positive orientation as a predictor of hedonicwell-being: mediating role of the self-concept

Awe is a self-transcendent emotion that can diminish one’s focus on the self and serves as an important motivator of commitment to social collectives. However, the influence of awe on ecological behavior is not clear. This study examines the relationships between people’s feeling of awe, their connectedness to nature, and ecological behavior. Three experiments tested the effect of awe on ecological behaviors including mediation tests. Compared with participants in the control condition, participants in the awe condition were more inclined to behave ecologically (Study 1 and 2) and reported a higher feeling of connectedness to nature (Study 2). Moreover, the relationship between awe and ecological behavior was mediated by connectedness to nature (Study 3). These findings indicate that awe helps broaden the self-concept by including nature and increase connectedness to nature, which in turn lead to ecological behavior. They also highlight the significance of connectedness in explaining why awe increases ecological behavior.

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The mediating role of Brand Engagement in the Self-Concept (BESC) in explaining consumer response: a meta-analytic review

The Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice ◽

10.1080/10696679.2021.2004379 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-18

Author(s):

Valter Afonso Vieira ◽

Richie L. Liu ◽

Victor Galindo de Mello

Keyword(s):

Consumer Response ◽

The Self ◽

Self Concept ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Brand Engagement ◽

Analytic Review

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Weight-Norm Internalization: The Role of the Self-Concept in Norm-Related Self-Evaluation

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e413802005-150 ◽

2001 ◽

Author(s):

Gayle R. Bessenoff ◽

Wendi L. Gardner

Keyword(s):

The Self ◽

Self Concept ◽

Self Evaluation ◽

Norm Internalization

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The effects of Behavioral Inhibition and Parental Psychological Control on Social Anxiety : the mediating role of Negative Self-concept and Need for reassurance from others

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN KOREA: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE ◽

10.15842/cprp.2019.5.1.091 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 91-115

Author(s):

Kyung Ran Byun ◽

Eun Jung Kim

Keyword(s):

Social Anxiety ◽

Behavioral Inhibition ◽

Psychological Control ◽

Self Concept ◽

Parental Psychological Control ◽

Mediating Role

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Self-Determined Motivation Mediates the Association between Self-Reported Availability of Green Spaces for Exercising and Physical Activity: An Explorative Study

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13031312 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 1312

Author(s):

Migle Baceviciene ◽

Rasa Jankauskiene

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Vigorous Physical Activity ◽

Self Determination Theory ◽

The Self ◽

Green Spaces ◽

Behavior Regulation ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Study Support ◽

Practical Implications

The aim of the study was to test the associations between the self-reported access to exercise in green spaces (GS) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) testing the mediating role of the motivation. Based on self-determination theory (SDT), we expected that self-determined motivation will mediate the associations between the self-reported availability of GS for exercising (GSE) and MVPA with the most self-determined exercise regulation forms (identified and intrinsic motivation) demonstrating the strongest positive associations between the variables. Method: The sample consisted of 2154 participants (74.7% women). The ages ranged from 18 to 79 years, with a mean age of 32.6 (SD = 12.2) years. Participants completed the Behavior Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-2, the measures of self-reported distance to residential GS (RGS), availability of the GS for exercising (GSE), and physical activity (PA). Logistic regression and path analysis were used to test the associations between study variables. Results: Higher reported distance to RGS was associated with lower reported availability of GSE, but not PA. Availability of GSE was directly associated with more frequent MVPA. More autonomous forms of exercise behavior regulation (intrinsic and identified regulations) mediated the associations between self-reported availability of GSE and MVPA. Internal and identified exercise regulations were directly associated with more frequent MVPA. Conclusions: The results of the present study support the main tenets of SDT suggesting that self-determined behavioral exercise regulation is an important mediator between the self-reported availability of GSE and general MVPA. Practical implications of these findings are discussed herein.

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Sociocognitive Self-Regulatory Mechanisms Governing Judgments of the Acceptability and Likelihood of Sport Cheating

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology ◽

10.1123/jsep.32.5.595 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 32 (5) ◽

pp. 595-618 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Fabienne d’Arripe-Longueville ◽

Karine Corrion ◽

Stéphanie Scoffier ◽

Peggy Roussel ◽

Aïna Chalabaev

Keyword(s):

Moral Disengagement ◽

Structural Model ◽

The Self ◽

Regulatory Mechanisms ◽

Female Adolescents ◽

Direct Effects ◽

Male And Female ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Social Efficacy

This study extends previous psychosocial literature (Bandura et al., 2001, 2003) by examining a structural model of the self-regulatory mechanisms governing the acceptability and likelihood of cheating in a sport context. Male and female adolescents (N = 804), aged 15–20 years, took part in this study. Negative affective self-regulatory efficacy influenced the acceptability and likelihood of cheating through the mediating role of moral disengagement, in females and males. Affective efficacy positively influenced prosocial behavior through moral disengagement or through resistive self-regulatory efficacy and social efficacy, in both groups. The direct effects of affective efficacy on beliefs about cheating were only evident in females. These results extend the findings of Bandura et al. (2001, 2003) to the sport context and suggest that affective and resistive self-regulatory efficacy operate in concert in governing adolescents’ moral disengagement and transgressive behaviors in sport.

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