This article reviews the current state of the regulatory focus literature as it relates to
consumer behavior, with a special emphasis on the goal pursuit processes that naturally …

A number of studies have investigated anticipatory behaviour in animals as a measure of
sensitivity to reward or as an expression of emotional state. A common feature of many …

Motivation is a central concept for animal welfare; it has inspired methodological
breakthroughs and generated a wealth of crucial empirical work. As the field develops …

Receiving social support can entail both costs and benefits for recipients. Thus, theories of
effective support have proposed that support should address recipients' needs to be …

Social support is most effective when it meets recipients' needs. Guided by regulatory mode
theory, this article examines how support providers' chronic motivational concerns with …

Regulatory focus theory contends that when making decisions people are either more
inclined to focus on avoiding negative consequences (more prevention-focused) or …

Animals choose a course of action countless times each day. To do so, they need to
prioritise their behaviour within a set of alternative actions and decide which of these actions …

Despite concerted efforts to enforce ethical standards, transgressions continue to plague US
corporations. This paper investigates whether the way in which an organization pursues its …

Background: After their attempts to have patient safety concerns addressed internally were
ignored by wilfully blind managers, nurses from Bundaberg Base Hospital and Macarthur …

Background: Extreme promotion and prevention focus (foci) of the value need can lead to
mental disorders due to a reinforcement mechanism between efficacy expectations (EEs) …