Heimpel Sara A, Elliot Andrew J, Wood Joanne V
Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
J Pers. 2006 Oct;74(5):1293-320. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2006.00410.x.
This research examined the hypothesis that self-esteem negatively predicts avoidance (relative to approach) personal goals, as well as the hypothesis that self-esteem mediates the link between indicators of approach and avoidance temperament and avoidance (relative to approach) personal goals. Study 1 established that self-esteem is indeed negatively related to avoidance (relative to approach) goals, even with social desirability concerns controlled. In Study 2, self-esteem was found to mediate the relation between Neuroticism (conceptualized as an indicator of avoidance temperament) and avoidance (relative to approach) personal goals. In Study 3, self-esteem was documented as a mediator of the relation between BAS and BIS sensitivity (conceptualized as indicators of approach and avoidance temperament, respectively) and avoidance (relative to approach) personal goals in the achievement domain. The implications of these findings for our understanding of basic personality dispositions, self-esteem, and personal goals are discussed.
自尊对回避型（相对于趋近型）个人目标具有负向预测作用；以及自尊在趋近型和回避型气质指标与回避型（相对于趋近型）个人目标之间的联系中起中介作用。研究1证实，即使控制了社会期望因素，自尊与回避型（相对于趋近型）目标确实呈负相关。在研究2中，发现自尊在神经质（被概念化为回避型气质指标）与回避型（相对于趋近型）个人目标之间的关系中起中介作用。在研究3中，记录到自尊在成就领域中，是行为激活系统（BAS）和行为抑制系统（BIS）敏感性（分别被概念化为趋近型和回避型气质指标）与回避型（相对于趋近型）个人目标之间关系的中介变量。讨论了这些发现对于我们理解基本人格特质、自尊和个人目标的意义。
