Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2010 Jul;99(1):133-47. doi: 10.1037/a0019701.
In 4 experiments anxious uncertainty threats caused reactive approach motivation (RAM). In Studies 1 and 2, academic anxious uncertainty threats caused RAM as assessed by behavioral neuroscience and implicit measures of approach motivation. In Study 3 the effect of a relational anxious uncertainty threat on approach-motivated personal projects in participants' everyday lives was mediated by the idealism of those projects. In Study 4 the effect of a different relational anxious uncertainty threat on implicit approach motivation was heightened by manipulated salience of personal ideals. Results suggest a RAM account for idealistic and ideological reactions in the threat and defense literature. Speculative implications are suggested for understanding diverse social and clinical phenomena ranging from worldview defense, prejudice, and meaning making to narcissism, hypomania, and aggression.
在四项实验中，焦虑不确定性的威胁引发了反应性趋近动机（RAM）。在研究 1 和 2 中，学业焦虑不确定性的威胁引发了 RAM，这可以通过行为神经科学和趋近动机的内隐测量来评估。在研究 3 中，关系焦虑不确定性威胁对参与者日常生活中趋近动机的个人项目的影响是通过这些项目的理想主义来介导的。在研究 4 中，通过操纵个人理想的凸显程度，不同关系焦虑不确定性威胁对内隐趋近动机的影响增强。研究结果为威胁和防御文献中理想主义和意识形态反应提供了 RAM 解释。这为理解从世界观防御、偏见和意义构建到自恋、轻躁狂和攻击等各种社会和临床现象提供了推测性的启示。
