AFFECT REGULATION AND MOTIVE-INCONGRUENT GOAL ORIENTATIONS: RELATION TO WELL-BEING

• Authors: Gropel P.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the present study was to test the hypotheses that (1) the personality disposition of action versus state orientation (i.e., a form of affect regulation) moderates the relationship between stressful life events and building of motive-congruent goals as well as between stress and well-being, and (2) motive-incongruent goal orientations influence well-being negatively. Managers (N = 120) were sampled. The main results were: First, no significant interaction effect of action orientation and life stress on well-being or motive-incongruent goal orientations was found. This was due to a strong action orientation and a low level of stress in the sample used (p < .001 when compared with norm). Because of restricted variance, the moderator hypotheses could not be supported or refuted. Second, motive-incongruent goal orientations correlated with well-being only when action orientation was checked. Thus, action orientation was found to be beneficial for well-being because it suppressed the negative effect of motive-incongruent goal orientations.

Keywords

EN

ACTION ORIENTATION; AFFECT REGULATION; MOTIVES; WELL-BEING

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 137-146
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Gropel P.

• P. Gropel, Katedra psychologie, Trnavska unioverzita, Hornopotocna 23, 91843 Trnava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA04739028