Cross-cultural generality and specificity in self-regulation: avoidance personal goals and multiple aspects of wellbeing in the U.S. and Japan
Cross-cultural generality and specificity in self-regulation: avoidance personal goals and multiple aspects of wellbeing in the U.S. and Japan
The authors examined avoidance personal goals as concurrent (Study 1) and longitudinal (Study 2) predictors of multiple aspects of well-being in the United States and Japan. In both studies, participants adopted more avoidance personal goals in Japan relative to the United States. Both studies also demonstrated that avoidance personal goals were significant negative predictors of the most relevant aspects of well-being in each culture. Specifically, avoidance personal goals were negative predictors of intrapersonal and eudaimonic well-being in the United States and were negative predictors of interpersonal and eudaimonic well-being in Japan. The findings clarify and extend puzzling findings from prior empirical work in this area, and raise provocative possibilities about the nature of avoidance goal pursuit.
avoidance, personal goals, well-being, culture, self-regulation
1031-1040
Elliot, Andrew J.
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Mapes, Rachel R.
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13 July 2012
Elliot, Andrew J.
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Tanaka, Ayumi
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Thrash, Todd M.
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Mapes, Rachel R.
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Elliot, Andrew J., Sedikides, Constantine, Murayama, Kou, Tanaka, Ayumi, Thrash, Todd M. and Mapes, Rachel R.
(2012)
Cross-cultural generality and specificity in self-regulation: avoidance personal goals and multiple aspects of wellbeing in the U.S. and Japan.
Emotion, 12 (5), .
(doi:10.1037/a0027456).
Abstract
The authors examined avoidance personal goals as concurrent (Study 1) and longitudinal (Study 2) predictors of multiple aspects of well-being in the United States and Japan. In both studies, participants adopted more avoidance personal goals in Japan relative to the United States. Both studies also demonstrated that avoidance personal goals were significant negative predictors of the most relevant aspects of well-being in each culture. Specifically, avoidance personal goals were negative predictors of intrapersonal and eudaimonic well-being in the United States and were negative predictors of interpersonal and eudaimonic well-being in Japan. The findings clarify and extend puzzling findings from prior empirical work in this area, and raise provocative possibilities about the nature of avoidance goal pursuit.
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Elliot, Sedikides, et al., 2012, Emotion
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e-pub ahead of print date: 16 April 2012
Published date: 13 July 2012
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avoidance, personal goals, well-being, culture, self-regulation
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