Foundational Tests of the Need-Support Model: A Framework for Bridging Regulatory Focus Theory and Self-Determination Theory

This article introduces the need-support model, which proposes that regulatory focus can affect subjective support for the needs proposed by self-determination theory (autonomy, competence, and relatedness), and support of these needs can affect subjective labeling of experiences as promotion-focuse...

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Published in:Personality & social psychology bulletin 2017-03, Vol.43 (3), p.313-328
Main Author: Vaughn, Leigh Ann
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Autonomy
Competence
Deflation
Female
Humans
Inflation
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological
Motivation
Personal Autonomy
Prevention
Psychological Theory
Relatedness
Self Concept
Self determination
Self-Control
Young Adult
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Summary:This article introduces the need-support model, which proposes that regulatory focus can affect subjective support for the needs proposed by self-determination theory (autonomy, competence, and relatedness), and support of these needs can affect subjective labeling of experiences as promotion-focused and prevention-focused. Three studies tested these hypotheses (N = 2,114). Study 1 found that people recall more need support in promotion-focused experiences than in prevention-focused experiences, and need support in their day yesterday (with no particular regulatory focus) fell in between. Study 2 found that experiences of higher need support were more likely to be labeled as promotion-focused rather than prevention-focused, and that each need accounted for distinct variance in the labeling of experiences. Study 3 varied regulatory focus within a performance task and found that participants in the promotion condition engaged in need-support inflation, whereas participants in the prevention condition engaged in need-support deflation. Directions for future research are discussed.
ISSN:0146-1672
1552-7433
DOI:10.1177/0146167216684132