LE3 .A278 2013

2013

Horvath, Peter

Acadia University

Bachelor of Science

Honours

Psychology

Psychology

The purpose of this longitudinal study was to determine what relationship experiential and behavioral self-regulations may have with psychological well-being with regard to different goal pursuits. University students listed goals, either short-term or long-term, completed measures of regulatory styles, and rated their experiential and behavioral self-regulations of goal pursuits. These ratings were used to predict changes in measured well-being over a period of time. It was hypothesized that for the promotion of well-being, behavioral self-regulation would be appropriate for short-term goals, while experiential self-regulation would be appropriate when applied to long-term goals. These hypotheses were modestly supported; experiential self-regulation predicted well-being for both long-term and short-term goals, while behavioral self-regulation predicted well-being for short-term goals. The findings imply that as far as the promotion of well-being is concerned, different situations and goal conditions might require different types of self-regulation. Keywords: behavioral self-regulation, experiential self-regulation, goal content, goal progress ratings, well-being

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