Achievement goals and life satisfaction: the mediating role of perception of successful agency and the moderating role of emotion reappraisal
Psicol. reflex. crit
;
30: 25, 2017. tab, graf
Article
in English
| LILACS, INDEXPSI
| ID: biblio-955750
ABSTRACT
Abstract Achievement goals are cognitive representations that guide behavior to a competence-related future end state. Existing theories and empirical findings suggest that achievement goals are potentially related to life satisfaction. However, the relationship between achievement goals and life satisfaction remains relatively unexplored in the psychology literature. In this study, we examined how, why, and when achievement goals affect life satisfaction using original survey data from China. The results suggest that achievement goals were positively related to life satisfaction (R2 = .20, 90% CI [.11, .26]), that the perception of successful agency fully mediated the relationship between achievement goals and life satisfaction (R2 = .22, 90% CI [.12, .27]), and that emotion reappraisal moderated the relationship between achievement goals and life satisfaction (R2 = .34, 90% CI [.23, .39]). Our study indicates that achievement goals have a positive influence on life satisfaction and help to elucidate the mechanism and boundary condition of this influence.
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Personal Satisfaction
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Emotions
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Goals
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Psicol. reflex. crit
Journal subject:
Psychology
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
Australia
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China
Institution/Affiliation country:
Central University of Finance and Economics/CN
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Macquarie University/AU
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University/CN
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Shanghai University/CN
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