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To "do the right thing" or to "just do it": locomotion and assessment as distinct self-regulatory imperatives.

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Kruglanski, AW; Thompson, EP; Higgins, ET; Atash, MN; Pierro, A; Shah, JY; Spiegel, S
Published in: Journal of personality and social psychology
November 2000

An integrated series of studies investigated 2 functional dimensions of self-regulation referred to as assessment and locomotion (E. T. Higgins and A. W. Kruglanski, 1995). Assessment constitutes the comparative aspect of self-regulation that critically evaluates alternative goals or means to decide which are best to pursue and appraises performance. Locomotion constitutes the aspect of self-regulation concerned with movement from state to state, including commitment of psychological resources to initiate and maintain such movement. Two separate scales were developed to measure individual differences in these tendencies. Psychometric work attested to the scales' unidimensionality, internal consistency, and temporal stability. The authors found that (a) locomotion and assessment are relatively independent of each other, (b) both are needed for self-regulatory success, and (c) each relates to distinct task orientations and motivational emphases.

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Published In

Journal of personality and social psychology

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EISSN

1939-1315

ISSN

0022-3514

Publication Date

November 2000

Volume

79

Issue

5

Start / End Page

793 / 815

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Control, Informal
  • Self-Assessment
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Psychometrics
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality
  • Male
 

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Kruglanski, A. W., Thompson, E. P., Higgins, E. T., Atash, M. N., Pierro, A., Shah, J. Y., & Spiegel, S. (2000). To "do the right thing" or to "just do it": locomotion and assessment as distinct self-regulatory imperatives. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79(5), 793–815. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.79.5.793
Kruglanski, A. W., E. P. Thompson, E. T. Higgins, M. N. Atash, A. Pierro, J. Y. Shah, and S. Spiegel. “To "do the right thing" or to "just do it": locomotion and assessment as distinct self-regulatory imperatives.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 79, no. 5 (November 2000): 793–815. https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.79.5.793.
Kruglanski AW, Thompson EP, Higgins ET, Atash MN, Pierro A, Shah JY, et al. To "do the right thing" or to "just do it": locomotion and assessment as distinct self-regulatory imperatives. Journal of personality and social psychology. 2000 Nov;79(5):793–815.
Kruglanski, A. W., et al. “To "do the right thing" or to "just do it": locomotion and assessment as distinct self-regulatory imperatives.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 79, no. 5, Nov. 2000, pp. 793–815. Epmc, doi:10.1037//0022-3514.79.5.793.
Kruglanski AW, Thompson EP, Higgins ET, Atash MN, Pierro A, Shah JY, Spiegel S. To "do the right thing" or to "just do it": locomotion and assessment as distinct self-regulatory imperatives. Journal of personality and social psychology. 2000 Nov;79(5):793–815.

Published In

Journal of personality and social psychology

DOI

EISSN

1939-1315

ISSN

0022-3514

Publication Date

November 2000

Volume

79

Issue

5

Start / End Page

793 / 815

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Control, Informal
  • Self-Assessment
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Psychometrics
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality
  • Male