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Cross-cultural generality and specificity in self-regulation: Avoidance personal goals and multiple aspects of well-being in the United States and Japan.

Elliot, Andrew J., Sedikides, Constantine, Murayama, Kou, Tanaka, Ayumi, Thrash, Todd M., Mapes, Rachel R.·2012·Emotion
DOI 10.1037/a0027456
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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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  • Unopposed avoidance motivation adversely affects task involvement, intrinsic motivation, achievement in academic context, relationship functioning, and general wellbeing.

    “research suggests that unopposed avoidance motivation adversely affects such diverse outcomes as task involvement, intrinsic motivation, and achievement in academic context (Elliott & Church, 1997), relationship functioning (Gable, 2006), as well as general wellbeing”

    From The mnemonic mover: Nostalgia regulates avoidance and approach motivation (2014) · cites this paper as Elliot et al., 2012

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Authors
Elliot, A. J., Sedikides, C., Murayama, K., Tanaka, A., Thrash, T. M., & Mapes, R. R.
Affiliations
  • University of Rochester (US)
  • University of Southampton (GB)
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
  • Doshisha University (JP)
  • William & Mary (US)
  • United States Department of Defense (US)
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Venue
Emotion
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2012-10
Volume
12
Issue
5
Pages
1031-1040
ISSN
  • 1528-3542 (ISSN-L)
  • 1931-1516
DOI
10.1037/a0027456
OpenAlex
W2000568133
Cited by
47
References
8
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
FWCI
5.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
correction (2013-02-04)
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Emotion (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • University of Munich
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science ((B) 16730337)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
Keywords
self-regulation, well-being, cross-cultural comparison, eudaimonic well-being, relational well-being, United States, Japan
MeSH terms
Cross-Cultural Comparison, Culture, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Goals, Humans, Japan, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Personal Satisfaction, Social Behavior, Social Control, Informal, Social Values, United States

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