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When to Approach and When to Avoid? Functional Flexibility Is the Key
Psychological Inquiry ( IF 5.581 ) Pub Date : 2019-07-03 , DOI: 10.1080/1047840x.2019.1646040
Cecilia Cheng 1 , Chor-lam Chau 2
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In the target article, Scholer, Cornwell, and Higgins (this issue) put forward a dynamic, nuanced approach to the study of motivation. In explicating the complexities of motivation and strategies derived therefrom, they formulate a self-regulatory hierarchy based on an extensive literature review and the collation of empirical evidence. Their article is brimful of insights into the motivation literature, particularly the widely held belief about the adaptiveness of approach (vs. avoidance) motivation. In their view, no single type of motivation-driven strategy is inherently adaptive or maladaptive. Rather, adaptiveness depends largely on whether the implemented strategy is aligned with one’s goals and the specific demands of the situation in which implementation takes place. Such alignment plays a pivotal role in determining strategy effectiveness, and in our opinion this issue constitutes the “meat” of their work. However, the target article focuses primarily on delineating the authors’ proposed self-regulatory hierarchy, with insufficient coverage devoted to stipulating the circumstances in which the aforementioned alignment is attained. Our aim in this commentary is to expand their work by digging into this important but unexplored issue in an endeavor to identify the elements that are crucial to effective strategy implementation.

中文翻译:

何时接近,何时避免?功能灵活性是关键

在目标文章中,Scholer、Cornwell 和 Higgins(本期)提出了一种动态、细致入微的动机研究方法。在解释动机和由此衍生的策略的复杂性时,他们根据广泛的文献综述和经验证据的整理制定了一个自我调节的层次结构。 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 他们的文章充满了对动机文献的见解,特别是关于方法(与回避)动机的适应性的广泛持有的信念。在他们看来,没有一种单一类型的动机驱动策略天生具有适应性或适应性不良。相反,适应性在很大程度上取决于所实施的战略是否与一个人的目标以及实施情况的具体要求相一致。这种一致性在决定战略有效性方面起着关键作用,在我们看来,这个问题构成了他们工作的“肉”。然而,目标文章主要侧重于描绘作者提出的自律层次结构,没有足够的覆盖范围来规定实现上述对齐的情况。 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 我们在这篇评论中的目的是通过深入研究这个重要但尚未探索的问题来扩大他们的工作,努力确定对有效战略实施至关重要的要素。
更新日期:2019-07-03
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