School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Anxiety Stress Coping. 2012;25(5):507-28. doi: 10.1080/10615806.2011.628015. Epub 2011 Nov 18.
The present studies examined the mediating role of self-regulatory mechanisms in the relationship between goal motivation and goal progress in the Self-Concordance Model. First, a systematic review, using meta-analytical path analysis, supported the mediating role of effort and action planning in the positive association between autonomous goal motivation and goal progress. Second, results from two additional empirical studies, using structural equation modeling, lent credence to the mediating role of coping in the relationship between goal motivation and goal progress of university students. Autonomous goal motivation was positively associated with task-oriented coping, which predicted greater goal progress during midterm exams (Study 1, N=702) and at the end of the semester in a different sample (Study 2, N=167). Controlled goal motivation was associated with greater disengagement-oriented coping (Study 1 and Study 2) and lesser use of task-oriented coping (Study 2), which reduced goal progress. These results held up after controlling for perceived stress (Study 2). Our findings highlight the importance of coping in the "inception-to-attainment" goal process because autonomous goal motivation indirectly rather than directly predicts goal progress of university students through their usage of task-oriented coping.
本研究检验了自我调节机制在自我一致性模型中目标动机与目标进展之间关系中的中介作用。首先，一项系统评价使用元分析路径分析支持了努力和行动计划在自主目标动机与目标进展之间的积极关系中的中介作用。其次，两项额外的实证研究的结果使用结构方程模型为目标动机与大学生目标进展之间的应对关系中的中介作用提供了依据。自主目标动机与任务导向应对呈正相关，这预示着在期中考试期间（研究 1，N=702）和不同样本的学期末（研究 2，N=167）取得更大的目标进展。控制目标动机与更大的脱离导向应对（研究 1 和研究 2）和较少使用任务导向应对（研究 2）相关，从而降低了目标进展。在控制感知压力（研究 2）后，这些结果仍然成立。我们的研究结果强调了应对在“开始到实现”目标过程中的重要性，因为自主目标动机通过大学生使用任务导向应对间接而非直接预测他们的目标进展。
