感知到的收益和损失,感知到的控制限制,以及成年期的目标导向
Xianmin Gong1,2, Alexandra M Freund1
1Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Psychological reports
|January 13, 2026
概括
感知到的收益和损失会影响成年人的目标导向,控制信念部分调解这些影响. 这项研究探讨了成年人的各种生活领域之间的这些联系.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 成年人发展 成年人发展
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 目标导向理论解释了个人如何追求目标.
- 感知到的收益和损失是决策的关键动机.
- 控制信念可能会影响目标追求策略.
研究的目的:
- 研究成年期感知收益/损失与目标导向之间的关系.
- 检查控制信念 (控制的感知约束) 在这些关系中的调解作用.
- 探索四个生活领域的这些关联:幸福,身体健康,生活经验和金钱储蓄.
主要方法:
- 在线调查数据从404名美国成年人 (18-78岁) 收集.
- 多层次路径分析用于分析直接,间接和适度影响.
- 测量的变量包括感知收益,感知损失,目标导向 (收益,维护,避免损失) 以及控制中的感知约束.
主要成果:
- 感知收益与所有目标定向都有积极的关系;感知损失只与避免损失有积极的关系.
- 感知收益和损失都与控制中的感知约束有关.
- 对控制的感知约束调解了感知收益/损失和目标导向之间的关系,尽管不是完全的.
- 年龄调节了所感知的收益/损失和所感知的控制约束之间的联系.
结论:
- 这项研究支持了先前关于成年人的收益/损失和目标导向的研究结果.
- 最初的证据表明,对控制的感知约束可能会调解这些关联.
- 截面设计限制了因果推理;需要进一步的研究.
- 关系在不同的生命领域中显示出最小的变化.
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