Approach and avoidance in Gray's, Higgins', and Elliot's perspectives: A theoretical comparison and integration of approach-avoidance in motivated behavior

Monni, Alessandra; Olivier, Élizabeth; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Belardinelli, Marta Olivetti; Mulvihill, Kathryn; Scalas, Laura Francesca

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110163

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“…Naturally, both fields target both kinds of process, so the difference is primarily emphasis. One thing appears certain: We cannot reduce “positive” and “negative” to a single dimension (Diener and Emmons, 1984 ; Monni et al, 2020 ). Studying mental health problems will not lead you to understand flourishing, and vice versa (McGaffin et al, 2015 ).…”

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Toward a Unified Framework for Positive Psychology Interventions: Evidence-Based Processes of Change in Coaching, Prevention, and Training

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Since 2000, research within positive psychology has exploded, as reflected in dozens of meta-analyses of different interventions and targeted processes, including strength spotting, positive affect, meaning in life, mindfulness, gratitude, hope, and passion. Frequently, researchers treat positive psychology processes of change as distinct from each other and unrelated to processes in clinical psychology. This paper presents a comprehensive framework for positive psychology processes that crosses theoretical orientation, links coherently to clinical psychology and its more dominantly “negative” processes, and supports practitioners in their efforts to personalize positive psychological interventions. We argue that a multi-dimensional and multi-level extended evolutionary approach can organize effective processes of change in psychosocial interventions, by focusing interventions on context-appropriate variation, selection, and retention of processes, arranged in terms of key biopsychosocial dimensions across psychological, biophysiological, and sociocultural levels of analysis. We review widely studied positive psychology constructs and programs and show how this evolutionary approach can readily accommodate them and provide a common language and framework for improving human and community flourishing. We conclude that Interventions should start with the person, not the protocol.

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Toward a Unified Framework for Positive Psychology Interventions: Evidence-Based Processes of Change in Coaching, Prevention, and Training

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“…That humans seek pleasure and try to avoid pain is the core idea of various psychological theories ( Higgins, 1997 ). Those theories seek to understand how individuals respond to environmental cues through approach or avoidant behaviors ( Monni et al, 2020 ). The foundational ideas of the BIS/BAS are that human behaviors are controlled by two biological self-regulatory systems; the two systems guide individuals’ goal selection and striving process ( Carver and Scheier, 1982 ; Gray, 1990 ).…”

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“…Researchers have proposed that humans are surrounded by various reward and punishment stimuli or situations that act as extrinsic motivational events ( Monni et al, 2020 ). People make their own evaluations of these surrounding stimuli, so different people or an individual in different circumstances can perceive the same stimuli or situations either positively or negatively ( Gary, 1982 ; Monni et al, 2020 ). In other words, in different individuals’ eyes, the same stimulus can have rewarding or threatening characteristics ( Monni et al, 2020 ).…”

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“…People make their own evaluations of these surrounding stimuli, so different people or an individual in different circumstances can perceive the same stimuli or situations either positively or negatively ( Gary, 1982 ; Monni et al, 2020 ). In other words, in different individuals’ eyes, the same stimulus can have rewarding or threatening characteristics ( Monni et al, 2020 ). According to this reasoning, we argue that role overload may be perceived as a hindrance or a challenge stressor by different employees.…”

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“…Increasingly business competition and the recent sanitary crisis (the COVID-19 pandemic) have led to an increase in stressors such as workload, job insecurity, and job instability ( Bliese et al, 2017 ; Nemteanu and Dabija, 2021 ; Nemteanu et al, 2021 ). In addition, technological advances have led employees to be exposed to workplace stressors more frequently ( Monni et al, 2020 ). For example, the development of mobile communication technology makes employees have to work anywhere, anytime ( Colbert et al, 2016 ), and organizations are increasingly using the latest technology to monitor employee performance ( Harrower, 2019 ; Kassick, 2019 ; Pera, 2019 ; Wingard, 2019 ), which increases workers’ perceptions of stress ( Barley et al, 2011 ).…”

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The Mixed Effect of Role Overload on Extra-Role Performance: The Mediation Role of Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation System Responses

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The findings of existing studies of how role overload affects employees’ performance in organizations have been mixed and controversial. We draw on the hindrance–challenge framework to suggest that role overload contains both hindrance and challenge stressor components. We integrate this theory with the behavioral inhibition and behavioral activation systems (BIS and BAS) perspective to develop hypotheses about the effects of role overload on employees’ extra-role performance (voice). We suggest that although role overload is positively associated with withdrawal (a prototypical response of the BIS system) and ultimately negatively influences extra-role performance, it can also trigger job crafting (a prototypical response of the BAS system) and is, consequently, positively associated with extra-role performance. We further posit that the strength of these indirect effects is moderated by the quality of leader–member exchange (LMX). To support these hypotheses, we conducted a time-lagged study of 450 full-time pre-school teachers from various Chinese kindergartens. As hypothesized, we found that withdrawal and job crafting mediated the relationship between role overload and extra-role performance. Further, LMX strengthens the positive relationship between role overload and job crafting. Taken together, our results suggest that role overload can be a mixed stressor that activates both negative and positive behaviors, thus ultimately having an impact on extra-role performance.

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Approach and avoidance in Gray's, Higgins', and Elliot's perspectives: A theoretical comparison and integration of approach-avoidance in motivated behavior

Cited by 20 publications

References 37 publications

Toward a Unified Framework for Positive Psychology Interventions: Evidence-Based Processes of Change in Coaching, Prevention, and Training

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The Mixed Effect of Role Overload on Extra-Role Performance: The Mediation Role of Behavioral Inhibition System/Behavioral Activation System Responses

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