How Does the Regulatory Focus Affect Problem-Solving Among Undergraduate Students?

• Authors: Thaer A. Ghbari

Abstracts

EN

The current study aimed to explore the effect of regulatory Focus – Promotion vs. Prevention – in problem-solving among undergraduate students at The Hashemite University. The hypotheses were that promotion focus students outperform prevention focus students in ill-structured problems but underperform them in well-structured problems, and prevention focus students outperform promotion focus students in well-structured problems but underperform them in ill-structured problems. The participants (n=170) were allocated into four groups according to their mindsets and the problems assigned to them (promotion with ill-structured problems, promotion with well-structured problems, prevention with ill-structured problems, prevention with well-structured problems). After the groups solved all the assigned problems, their work was scored according to Measuring Problem Solving Instrument MPSI. The findings confirmed the hypothesis that the regulatory focus affects how problems are solved.

Keywords

EN

regulatory focus; promotion; prevention; mindset; problem-solving

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 71
• Pages: 180-192

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Thaer A. Ghbari

• The Hashemite University, Jordan

• https://orcid.org/0000000182269676

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.23.71.1.14

Biblioteka Nauki

2191734