Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
9-2013
Abstract
Going beyond previous studies on satisfaction in pursuing approach versus avoidance goals, the current study is the first to examine individual satisfaction in pursuing approach and avoidance goals as determined by regulatory fit between type of goal and type of strategy. Specifically, the present study shows that people with approach goals have greater satisfaction when they use an approach strategy rather than an avoidance strategy. People with avoidance goals have greater satisfaction when they use an avoidance strategy rather than an approach strategy. In addition, we explored how individual differences in the Behavioral Activation System and the Behavioral Inhibition System influenced reactions to approach and avoidance goals and strategies.
Keywords
Satisfaction, Approach, Avoidance, Regulatory fit, Behavioral approach system, Behavioral inhibition system
Discipline
Applied Behavior Analysis | Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Research Areas
Psychology
Publication
Motivation and Emotion
Volume
37
Issue
3
First Page
424
Last Page
432
ISSN
0146-7239
Identifier
10.1007/s11031-012-9324-3
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Citation
PARK, Guihyun Grace, Van Dyne, Linn, & Ilgen, Daniel R..(2013). Satisfaction Pursuing Approach and Avoidance Goals: Effects of Regulatory Fit and Individual Temperaments. Motivation and Emotion, 37(3), 424-432.
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-012-9324-3