Maintaining activity engagement: Individual differences in the process of self-regulating motivation

Journal of Personality

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1697-1720

  Sansone, Carol ^a   Thoman, Dustin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROL; EGO; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL; TEMPERAMENT;

EGO; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33750744752     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00425.x     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. Amabile, T. M., Hill, K. G., Hennessey, B. A., & Tighe, E. M. (1994). The Work Preference Inventory: Assessing intrinsic and extrinsic motivational orientations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 950-967.
2. Barron, K. E., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (2001). Achievement goals and optimal motivation: Testing multiple goal models. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 706-722.
3. Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117, 497-529.
4. Cantor, N., & Kihlstrom, J. F. (1987). Personality and social intelligence. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
5. Carstensen, L. L., Fung, H. H., & Charles, S. T. (2003). Socioemotional selectivity theory and the regulation of emotion in the second half of life. Motivation and Emotion, 27, 103-124.
6. Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1991). Adding Liebe und Arbeit: The full five-factor model and well-being. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 17 (2), 227-232.
7. Cross, S. E., Bacon, P. L., & Morris, M. L. (2000). The relational-interdependent self-construal and relationships. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 78 (4), 791-808.
8. Cross, S. E., & Morris, M. L. (2003). Getting to know you: The relational self-construal, relational cognition, and well-being. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 29 (4), 512-523.
9. Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1975). Beyond boredom and anxiety. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
10. Deci, E. L. (1992). The relation of interest to the motivation of behavior: A self-determination theory perspective. In K. A. Renninger, S. Hidi, & A. Krapp (Eds.), The role of interest in learning and development (pp. 43-70). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
11. Deci, E., & Ryan, R. M. (1985). Intrinsic motivation and self-determination in human behavior. New York: Plenum Press.
12. Deci, E., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). The "what" and "why" of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior. Psychological Inquiry, 11, 227-268.
13. Dweck, C. S., & Leggett, E. L. (1988). A social-cognitive approach to motivation and personality. Psychological Review, 95, 256-273.
14. Eccles (Parsons), J., Adler, T., & Meece, J. L. (1984). Sex differences in achievement: A test of alternate theories. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 46, 26-43.
15. Elliot, A. J., & Church, M. A. (1997). A hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement motivation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 218-232.
16. Elliot, A. J., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (1996). Approach and avoidance achievement goals and intrinsic motivation: A mediational analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, 461-475.
17. Elliot, A. J., & McGregor, H. A. (1999). Test anxiety and the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement motivation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 628-644.
18. Elliot, A. J., & Sheldon, K. M. (1997). Avoidance achievement motivation: A personal goals analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 731, 171-185.
19. Ferguson, M. J., & Bargh, J. A. (2004). Liking is for doing: The effects of goal pursuit on automatic evaluation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 557-572.
20. Fiske, A. P., Kitayama, S., Markus, H. R., & Nisbett, R. E. (1998). The cultural matrix of social psychology. In D. T. Gilbert & S. T. Fiske (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology (Vol. 2, 4th ed., pp. 915-981). New York: McGraw-Hill.
21. Graham, S., Taylor, A. Z., & Hudley, C. (1998). Exploring achievement values among ethnic minority early adolescents. Journal of Educational Psychology, 90, 606-620.
22. Harackiewicz, J. M., Barron, K. E., & Elliot, A. J. (1998). Rethinking achievement goals: When are they adaptive for college students and why? Educational Psychologists, 33, 1-21.
23. Harackiewicz, J. M., Barron, K. E., Tauer, J.M., & Elliot, A. J. (2002). Predicting success in college: A longitudinal study of achievement goals and ability measures as predictors of interest and performance from freshman year through graduation. Journal of Educational Psychology, 94, 562-575.
24. Harackiewicz, J. M., & Sansone, C. (1991). Goals and intrinsic motivation: You can get there from here. In M. L. Maehr & P. R. Pintrich (Eds.), Advances in motivation and achievement (Vol. 7, pp. 21-49). Greenwich, CT: JAI.
25. Isaac, J. D., Sansone, C., & Smith, J. (1999). Other people as a source of interest in an activity. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 35, 239-265.
26. Kobasa, S. C. (1979). Stressful life events, personality, and health: An inquiry into hardiness. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 37 (1), 1-11.
27. Lepper, M. R., Greene, D., & Nisbett, R. E. (1973). Undermining children's intrinsic interest with extrinsic reward: A test of the "overjustification" hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 28, 129-137.
28. Maehr, M. L. (1984). Meaning and motivation: Toward a theory of personal investment. In R. Ames & C. Ames (Eds.), Research on motivation in education (Vol. 1, pp. 115-144). Orlando, FL: Academic Press.
29. Morf, C. C., Weir, C. R., & Davidov, M. (2000). Narcissism and intrinsic motivation: The role of goal congruence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 36, 424-438.
30. Morgan, C. L., Isaac, J. D., & Sansone, C. (2001). The role of interest in understanding the career choices of female and male college students. Sex Roles, 44, 295-320.
31. Mueller, C. M., & Dweck, C. S. (1998). Praise for intelligence can undermine children's motivation and performance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 75, 33-52.
32. Ouellette, J. A., & Wood, W. (1998). Habit and intention in everyday life: The multiple processes by which past behavior predicts future behavior. Psychological Bulletin, 124, 54-74.
33. Pasupathi, M., & Rich, B. (2005). Inattentive listening undermines self-verification in personal storytelling. Journal of Personality, 73, 1051-1086.
34. Papolos, J., & Papolos, D. F. (2004, February). Boredom and the provocative behavior of children with bipolar disorder. The Bipolar Child Newsletter, 16.
35. Renninger, K. A. (2000). Individual interest and its implications for understanding intrinsic motivation. In C. Sansone & J. M. Harackiewicz (Eds.), Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation: The search for optimal motivation and performance (pp. 375-407). San Diego, CA: Academic.
36. Rubin, K. H., & Brown, I. D. (1975). A life-span look at person perception and its relationship to communicative interaction. Journal of Gerontology, 30 (4), 461-468.
37. Ryan, R. M., & Connell, J. P. (1989). Perceived locus of causality and internalization: Examining reasons for acting in two domains. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43, 450-461.
38. Sansone, C., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (1996). "I don't feel like it": The function of interest in self-regulation. In L. Martin & A. Tesser (Eds.), Striving and feeling: The interaction of goals and affect (pp. 203-228). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
39. Sansone, C., Sachau, D. A., & Weir, C. (1989). Effects of instruction on intrinsic interest: The importance of context. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 57, 819-829.
40. Sansone, S., & Smith, J. L. (2000). Interest and self-regulation: The relation between having to and wanting to. In C. Sansone & J. M. Harackiewicz (Eds.), Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: The Search for Optimal Motivation and Performance (pp. 341-372). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
41. Sansone, C., & Thoman, D. B. (2005). Interest as the missing motivator in self-regulation. European Psychologist, 10, 175-186.
42. Sansone, C., Weir, C., Harpster, L., & Morgan, C. (1992). Once a boring task always a boring task? Interest as a self-regulatory mechanism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 63, 379-390.
43. Sansone, C., Wiebe, D. J., & Morgan, C. L. (1999). Self-regulating motivation: The moderating role of hardiness and conscientiousness. Journal of Personality, 67, 701-733.
44. Spence, J. T. (1985). Achievement American style: The rewards and costs of individualism. American Psychologist, 40, 1285-1295.
45. Strough, J., Berg, C., & Sansone, C. (1996). Goals for solving everyday problems across the life span: Age and gender differences in the salience of interpersonal concerns. Developmental Psychology, 32, 1106-1115.
46. Swap, W. C., & Rubin, J. Z. (1983). Measurement of interpersonal orientation. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 44, 208-219.
47. Tauer, J. M., & Harackiewicz, J. M. (1999). Winning isn't everything: Competition, achievement orientation, and intrinsic motivation. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 35 (3), 209-238.
48. Thoman, D. B., Sansone, C., & Pasupathi, M. (2005). Talking about interest: Exploring the role of social interaction for regulating motivation and the interest experience. Manuscript submitted for publication.
49. Todman, M. (2003). Boredom and psychotic disorders: Cognitive and motivational issues. Psychiatry, 66, 146-167.
50. Vallerand, R. J. (1997). Toward a hierarchical model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 29, pp. 271-360). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
51. Wiebe, D. J., & Williams, P. G. (1992). Hardiness and health: A social psychophysiological perspective on stress and adaptation. Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 11 (3), 238-262.
52. Wolters, C. A. (1999). The relation between high school students' motivational regulation and their use of learning strategies, effort, and classroom performance. Learning & Individual Differences, 11, 281-299.
53. Wolters, C. A. (2003). Regulation of motivation: Evaluating an underemphasized aspect of self-regulated learning. Educational Psychologist, 38 (4), 189-205.