ABSTRACT

What people strive for (motive contents) and how people strive (self-regulatory processes) are studied in separate fields of psychology and assessed with different measures. The Operant Motive Test (OMT) integrates the assessment of self-regulatory processes and implicit motives. The present research validated the distinction between self-regulated and not self-regulated (incentive-driven, fearful) motive enactment. Consistent with expectations, self-regulated motive enactment correlated positively with dispositional self-regulation (i.e., action orientation, N_{1_total} = 730, re-analyzed in five published samples) and integrative self-organization (N₂ = 47) and showed pre-post increases after a multi-faceted three-hour resilience training (N₃ = 45). A specific self-motivation exercise yielded more self-regulated motive enactment among poor self-regulators compared to humoristic talk (N₄ = 164) and no exercise conditions, controlling for baseline (N₅ = 97). Findings validate the OMT as sensitive to dispositional and experimental variations in self-regulation and show that short interventions can change how people strive for what they need.

摘要

人们追求什么（动机内容）以及人们如何努力（自我调节过程）在不同的心理学领域进行研究，并用不同的方法进行评估。操作动机测试 (OMT) 整合了对自我调节过程和内隐动机的评估。本研究验证了自我调节和非自我调节（激励驱动、恐惧）动机制定之间的区别。与预期一致，自我调节的动机制定与性格自我调节（即，行动取向，N _{1_total}  = 730，在五个已发表的样本中重新分析）和综合自组织（N ₂  = 47）呈正相关，并显示出预经过多方面的三小时恢复力训练后，岗位增加（N₃  = 45）。与幽默谈话（ N ₄  = 164）和没有运动条件的情况相比，在控制基线（ N ₅  = 97）的情况下，特定的自我激励练习在较差的自我调节者中产生了更多的自我调节动机。研究结果证实 OMT 对自我调节的性格和实验变化很敏感，并表明短期干预可以改变人们争取他们需要的东西的方式。