Cross-Cultural Analysis of Volition: Action Orientation Is Associated With Less Anxious Motive Enactment and Greater Well-Being in Germany, New Zealand, and Bangladesh

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Cross-Cultural Analysis of Volition: Action Orientation Is Associated With Less Anxious Motive Enactment and Greater Well-Being in Germany, New Zealand, and Bangladesh

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Background: People differ in action vs. state orientation, that is, in the capacity for volitional action control. Prior research has shown that people who are action-rather than state-oriented are better able to perceive and satisfy own motives (e.g., affiliation, achievement, power), which translates into greater psychological well-being (Baumann et al., 2005; Baumann and Quirin, 2006). However, most of the extant literature has been limited to samples from European countries or the US. To ...

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2018-06-01

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Monischa B. Chatterjee / Nicola Baumann / Danny Osborne / Shamsul H. Mahmud / Sander L. Koole

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Frontiers in Psychology

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01043/full

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action orientation / volition / motive enactment / well-being / cross-cultural psychology / Psychology

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