Background Psychological interventions are commonly applied in sports to help athletes
enhance their performance, but the effect psychological interventions have on actual …

The comparison to other athletes and the resulting effects on emotion, motivation and effort
investment are a natural and integral part of sports performance. The current study tested a …

Although research has shown that employees' help reception always promotes future help
provision, the distinctions between the types of repaying behaviors have been overlooked in …

This study is based on Regulatory Focus Theory and investigates the links between the
subjects' motivational orientations for promotion or prevention and their performance in …

Regulatory focus theory deals with how people engage in self-regulation and distinguishes
two ways of regulating pleasure and pain: a chronic regulatory promotion and a chronic …

Purposes: The purposes of this research were: 1) in a preliminary study, to identify
regulatory strategies used by players and coaches according to situation reward structure …

Considering only 20.8% of American adults meet current physical activity recommendations,
it is important to examine the psychological processes that affect exercise motivation and …

Purpose Regulatory focus theory suggests that regulatory fit influences individuals'
decisions. However, little is known regarding the effect of regulatory fit on sports consumers' …

D'après la théorie de l'orientation régulatrice, deux orientations régulatrices peuvent être
identifiées à la base. Selon la stratégie d'approche, les athlètes dirigent leur attention sur les …

Abstract Nach der Regulatory Focus Theorie von Higgins (1997) kann ein Ziel mit einem
Promotion-Fokus (Fokus liegt auf Hoffnung und Erfüllung) oder Prevention-Fokus (Fokus …