What motivates you right now? Development of a measure of momentary-chronic regulatory focus

Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences

Linda Scheithauer¹  Tina Urbach¹  Doris Fay¹ 

[1] Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Potsdam;

关键词: Regulatory focus;    State and trait measurement;    Scale development;    Diary study;    Experience sampling method;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s42409-019-0007-7

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Regulatory focus is a motivational construct that describes humans’ motivational orientation during goal pursuit. It is conceptualized as a chronic, trait-like, as well as a momentary, state-like orientation. Whereas there is a large number of measures to capture chronic regulatory focus, measures for its momentary assessment are only just emerging. This paper presents the development and validation of a measure of Momentary–Chronic Regulatory Focus. Our development incorporates the distinction between self-guide and reference-point definitions of regulatory focus. Ideals and ought striving are the promotion and prevention dimension in the self-guide system; gain and non-loss regulatory focus are the respective dimensions within the reference-point system. Three-survey-based studies test the structure, psychometric properties, and validity of the measure in its version to assess chronic regulatory focus (two samples of working participants, N = 389, N = 672; one student sample [time 1, N = 105; time 2, n = 91]). In two further studies, an experience sampling study with students (N = 84, k = 1649) and a daily-diary study with working individuals (N = 129, k = 1766), the measure was applied to assess momentary regulatory focus. Multilevel analyses test the momentary measure’s factorial structure, provide support for its sensitivity to capture within-person fluctuations, and provide evidence for concurrent construct validity.

【 授权许可】

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