Regulatory Focus - An OverviewAbstract. According to the regulatory focus theory (RFT; Higgins, 1997) individuals can reach goals through two varying self-regulatory systems: either by focusing on their ideals and profit whereby they use promotion ...
To do or not to do? Depression and motivationAbstract. Motivational constraints are a central feature of depression. In this context, the role of avoidance goals is increasingly emphasized. Do depressed patients report more avoidance goals than healthy ...
Everyday activities require different levels of mental load depending on both external and internal task demands, and the resulting strain is likely to drastically influence the forthcoming performance. In this study, we aimed to determine how objective ...
Abstract. The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of a German translation of the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of Personality Questionnaire (RST-PQ; Corr & Cooper, 2016). Five hundred twenty-seven participants completed the ...
Prior research suggests that repeatedly approaching or avoiding a certain stimulus changes the liking of this stimulus. We investigated whether these effects of approach and avoidance training occur also when participants do not perform these actions but ...
Previous research suggests that positive stimuli are often approached as well as recognized faster than negative stimuli. We argue that this effect does not hold if negative stimuli are associated with threat. Based on fear module theory (Öhman & Mineka, ...