Given that avoidance motivation is often related to negative outcomes, it is surprising that little research has investigated the economic factors that correlate with avoidance motivation. The current meta-analysis synthesized 40 studies (N_total = 771,690) on the relation between economic status and avoidance motivation. Economic status was operationalized with objective and subjective measures of economic status; avoidance motivation was operationalized with measures of energization (e.g., motives, behavioral systems) and direction (e.g., personal goals, social goals). The results revealed a small negative association between economic status and avoidance motivation (r = − .046, p < .001). This association was particularly strong in community samples (r = − .070, p < .001), for those high in prevention focus orientation (r = − .087, p < .05), and fear of failure (r = − .067, p < .001). In identifying this negative association in extant demographic data, this meta-analysis demonstrates the promise of examining economic status as a potential antecedent of avoidance motivation in future empirical work.

鉴于回避动机通常与负面结果有关，令人惊讶的是，很少有研究调查与回避动机相关的经济因素。目前的荟萃分析综合了 40 项 关于经济状况与回避动机之间关系的研究（ N_{总计= 771,690）。}经济状况通过客观和主观的经济状况衡量标准进行操作；回避动机通过激励（例如，动机、行为系统）和方向（例如，个人目标、社会目标）的措施来实施。结果显示经济地位和回避动机之间存在小的负相关（r  = − .046, p < .001)。这种关联在社区样本 ( r  = - .070, p  < .001)、预防重点导向 ( r  = - .087, p  < .05) 和对失败的恐惧 ( r  = - . 067，p  < .001）。在确定现存人口数据中的这种负相关性时，这项荟萃分析证明了将经济状况作为未来实证工作中回避动机的潜在前提来检验的前景。