The Role of Self-Awareness and Problem-Solving Orientation for the Instrumentality of Goal-Related Means

IF 1.2 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Individual Differences Pub Date : 2021-11-12 DOI:10.1027/1614-0001/a000355

A. Kreibich, M. Hennecke, V. Brandstätter

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Abstract

Abstract. Successful goal striving hinges on the selection of instrumental means. The current research investigates individual differences in self-awareness as a predictor for means instrumentality. This effect should be mediated by the tendency of self-aware individuals to approach the process of goal pursuit in a way that is problem-solving-oriented. Four studies ( N1a = 123, N1b = 169, N2 = 353, N3 = 118) were conducted to explore the positive relation between self-awareness and means instrumentality via heightened levels of problem-solving orientation. Studies 1a and 1b found cross-sectional support for the relation between dispositional self-awareness and problem-solving orientation. Study 2 (preregistered) replicated this finding and provided experimental evidence for the hypothesized mediation model. Finally, Study 3 found longitudinal support that dispositional self-awareness and problem-solving orientation predict self-reported means instrumentality and, beyond this, participants’ objective exam grades. This research emphasizes the crucial role of individual differences in self-awareness for an important self-regulatory process, that is, the selection of instrumental means in personal goal pursuit.

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自我意识和问题解决导向在目标相关手段工具性中的作用

摘要成功的目标追求取决于工具手段的选择。目前的研究调查了自我意识的个体差异作为手段工具性的预测因子。这种效应应该是由自我意识个体倾向于以解决问题为导向的方式接近目标追求过程所介导的。四项研究(N1a = 123, N1b = 169, N2 = 353, N3 = 118)通过提高问题解决取向水平来探讨自我意识与手段工具性之间的正相关关系。研究1a和1b发现了性格自我意识和问题解决倾向之间关系的横断面支持。研究2(预注册)重复了这一发现，并为假设的中介模型提供了实验证据。最后，研究3发现纵向支持，性格自我意识和解决问题的方向预测自我报告的手段，除此之外，参与者的客观考试成绩。本研究强调自我意识的个体差异对于一个重要的自我调节过程，即个人目标追求过程中工具手段的选择具有至关重要的作用。

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Journal of Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Researchers, teachers, and students interested in all areas of individual differences (e.g., gender, temperament, personality, intelligence) and their assessment in human and animal research will find the Journal of Individual Differences useful. The Journal of Individual Differences publishes manuscripts dealing with individual differences in behavior, emotion, cognition, and their developmental aspects. This includes human as well as animal research. The Journal of Individual Differences is conceptualized to bring together researchers working in different areas ranging from, for example, molecular genetics to theories of complex behavior.