Modes of Self-Regulation: Assessment and Locomotion as Independent Determinants in Goal Pursuit

Handbook of Personality and Self-Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 375-402

  Kruglanski, Arie W ^a   Orehek, Edward ^a   Higgins, E Tory ^b   Pierro, Antonio ^c   Shalev, Idit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment critical appraisal for purpose of understanding or interpreting; Assessment and locomotion complementing each other with successful self regulation; Assessment tendency sensitivity to standards; Counterfactual thinking and regret; General personality patterns tapped by Big Five personality factors; Individual goal pursuit and quintessential self regulation; judgment and decision making relevant to locomotion and assessment; Modes of self regulation assessment and locomotion, determinants in goal pursuit; Normative social goals and social feedback; Regulatory Mode Questionnaire (RMQ)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886969198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318111.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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