LE3 .A278 2014

2014

Horvath, Peter

Acadia University

Bachelor of Science

Honours

Psychology

Psychology

The present study examined the effects of the relationships between behavioural self-regulation, experiential self-regulation, and goal proximity on psychological well-being through the use of hierarchical multiple regression. Given past research, it was expected that behavioural self-regulation would best predict positive well-being over the short-term (Bandura & Schunk, 1981; Karoly, 1970, Kocovski & Endler, 2000b, Latham & Seijts, 1999), while self-determination theory, or experiential self-regulation, would best predict good mental health over the long-term (Barbeau, Sweet, & Fortier, 2010; Ratelle, Vellerand, Chantal, & Provencher, 2004; Trope & Liberman, 2010; Williams et al., 1998). The associations between the regulatory components were also examined through the use of factor analysis to see if they mapped onto the proposed theoretical constructs. The results indicated that behavioural self-regulation is most beneficial over the short-term as expected, though goal proximity appeared to be less relevant for benefits through experiential self-regulation. Three factors emerged from the factor analysis, one behavioural factor and two factors representing the two experiential components. Keywords: Behavioural self-regulation, experiential self-regulation, self-determination theory, psychological well-being.

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