Locomotion (Empowering) and Assessment (Disempowering) Self-Regulatory Dimensions as a Function of Affective Profile in High School Students

Jimmefors, Alexander

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“…More recently, researchers (e.g., Garcia, 2012;Garcia, Kerekes, Andersson-Arntén, & Archer, 2012;Garcia, Schütz, & Archer, 2015;Jimmefors et al, 2014) have focused on differences between profiles with regard to personality measures using models such as the Big Five model (Costa & McCrae, 1992) and Cloninger's psychobiological model (Temperament and Character Inventory; Cloninger, Svrakic, & Przybeck, 1993). As hypothesized by these researchers, individuals with a self-fulfilling profile scored high in selfdirectedness, high in cooperativeness, high in persistence, high in extraversion, high in self-regulatory strategies defined as locomotion or a "just-do-it" mentality, and happiness-increasing strategies related to agency (e.g., frequently exercising, active leisure, goal-pursuit), communion (e.g., helping others, receiving help from others), and spirituality (e.g., seek support in faith).…”

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The Dark Side of the Affective Profiles

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The affective profiles model is based on the combination of individuals’ experience of high/low positive affect and high/low negative affect: self-fulfilling, high affective, low affective, and self-destructive. We used the profiles as the backdrop for the investigation of individual differences in malevolent character traits (i.e., the Dark Triad: psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism). A total of 1,000 participants (age: M = 31.50 SD = 10.27, 667 males and 333 females), recruited through Amazons’ Mechanical Turk (MTurk), responded to the Positive Affect Negative Affect Schedule and the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen. Individuals with a high affective profile reported higher degree of narcissism than those with any other profile, and together with individuals with a self-destructive profile, also higher degree of Machiavellianism and psychopathy than individuals with a low affective and self-fulfilling profile. Males scored higher in Machiavellianism and psychopathy. Together with earlier findings, our results show that while individuals in both the self-fulfilling and high affective profiles are extrovert and self-directed, only those in the high affective profile express an immature and malevolent character (i.e., high levels of all Dark Triad traits). Conversely, individuals in the self-fulfilling profile have earlier reported higher levels of cooperativeness and faith. More importantly, the unique association between high levels of positive emotions and narcissism and the unified association between negative emotions to both psychopathy and Machiavellianism imply a dyad rather than a triad of malevolent character traits.

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“…A work situation with high demands and low freedom, through rigorous control of working procedures, creates a feeling of lack of control which can cause mental overload, in turn, leading to mental and physical health problems. Moreover, the low level of responsibility that is also common in call centers (e.g., employees do not need or are not expected to make decisions to improve services), along the lack of environmental control and performance monitoring, might influence agents to become passive (Karasek, 1979 ) and disempowered (Archer et al, 2014 ; Jimmefors et al, 2014 ).…”

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To schedule or not to schedule? Agentic and cooperative teams at call centers

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Lindskär²,

Archer

2014

Front. Psychol.

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“…That is, assessment-oriented persons tend to evaluate oneself constantly fostering a sense of inadequacy, negative emotions, lower self-esteem, and less optimism. Conversely, locomotion implies activation, proactivity, and forward-striving, thus providing more positive emotions, higher optimism, and self-confidence (Jimmefors, Garcia, Rosenberg, Mousavi, Adrianson, & Archer, 2014;Kruglanski, Pierro, Higgins, & Capozza, 2007). In this way, the http: //dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2017.05.4 Corresponding Author: Maria Sinatra Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of the conference eISSN: 28 type of self-regulatory strategy seems to affect emotions, life satisfaction, and psychological well-being (Jimmefors et al, 2014).…”

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How Self-Regulatory Modes And Perceived Stress Affect Academic Performance

Bellino¹,

Sinatra²,

Palo³

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European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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Kruglanski et al. (2000) demonstrated how two self-regulatory modes, locomotion and assessment, underlie most goal-directed activity: locomotors are inclined to engage in initiating and maintaining any goal-directed activity, whereas assessors tend to compare and select among alternative desired end-states. These two motivational components were thought as interdependent aspects and considered as trait or state, thus influencing individuals' life activities. Previous research has shown the association between these self-regulatory modes and many aspects of goal pursuit, such as procrastination, time management, academic achievement (e.g., Chernikova et al., 2016), as well as self-esteem, optimism, anxiety, etc. (Pierro et al., 2008;Shalev & Sulkowski, 2009). The present study sought to analyze the association between self-regulatory modes, perceived stress, and academic performance. 492 Italian students (M age = 20.63, SD = 5.22; 62.4% females) completed a questionnaire composed of a Socio-anagraphic section, the Locomotion and Assessment Scale, and the Perceived Stress Scale, during an exam session. Results revealed that the average marks were positively associated only to locomotion and that perceived stress was correlated negatively with locomotion and positively with assessment. Hence, the degree to which students perceived exams as stressful was determined by the way they regulated their goal-related activities. Consequently, developing specific strategies in academic environment could contribute to prevent the potential deleterious consequences of perceived stress.

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Locomotion (Empowering) and Assessment (Disempowering) Self-Regulatory Dimensions as a Function of Affective Profile in High School Students

Cited by 4 publications

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The Dark Side of the Affective Profiles

The Dark Side of the Affective Profiles

To schedule or not to schedule? Agentic and cooperative teams at call centers

How Self-Regulatory Modes And Perceived Stress Affect Academic Performance

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