Motivation for and commitment to social values: The roles of age and gender
Motivation for and commitment to social values: The roles of age and gender
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DOI：
10.1007/s11031-010-9187-4
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发表时间：
2010-12-01
影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Ciarrochi, Joseph
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作者：
Ferssizidis, Patty;Adams, Leah M.;Ciarrochi, Joseph
本研究的主要目的是探讨动机和社会价值观的承诺如何影响不同年龄的男性和女性的幸福感。社区中的大学生和老年人报告了他们的动机取向（内在与外在），对具体社会价值观的行为承诺，以及他们目前的幸福感（对生活的满意度，积极和消极的影响）。我们测试了一系列的路径模型与动机导向调解承诺的价值观和福祉之间的关系。与自我决定理论相一致，我们发现，行为承诺内在激励社会价值观与更大的生活满意度和积极的影响，而致力于外在激励价值观与更大的负面影响。虽然年龄和性别没有缓和这些关系，有意义的年龄和性别差异出现在基于价值的动机，承诺和幸福指数。这项工作增加了我们的理解如何价值观是一个成功的导航一个人的社会世界的指导性影响。
The primary aim of this study was to examine how motives and commitment to social values influence well-being in men and women of different ages. College students and older adults in the community reported on their motivational orientation (intrinsic vs. extrinsic), behavioral commitment to idiographic social values, and their current well-being (satisfaction with life, positive and negative affect). We tested a series of path models with motivational orientation mediating the relationship between commitment to values and well-being. Consistent with self-determination theory, we found that behavioral commitment to intrinsically motivating social values was related to greater life satisfaction and positive affect, whereas being committed to extrinsically motivating values was related to greater negative affect. While age and gender did not moderate these relationships, meaningful age and gender differences emerged across value-based motivations, commitment, and indices of well-being. This work adds to our understanding of how values are a guiding influence for successful navigation of one's social world.