Linkages between resources, motivation, and engagement in everyday activities
| Autor: | Thomas Hess, Tara L. Queen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Environmental Engineering
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 05 social sciences Cognition Article 050105 experimental psychology Structural equation modeling 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cognitive resource theory Developmental and Educational Psychology Predictive power 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Public engagement Everyday life Psychology Construct (philosophy) Association (psychology) Social psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Applied Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Motivation Science. 4:26-38 |
| ISSN: | 2333-8121 2333-8113 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/mot0000061 |
| Popis: | The goal of this research was to examine the linkage between personal resources, intrinsic motivation, and participation in everyday activities. It was hypothesized the reductions in resources in later life will be associated with reduced motivation to engage in cognitively demanding activities, leading to reduction in participation in such activities in everyday life. To test this, we utilized data from the 2010 and 2012 waves of the Health and Retirement Survey. We used structural equation modeling to construct latent factors associated with health resources, cognitive resources, and intrinsic motivation. Cognitive and health resources were positively associated with intrinsic motivation, which in turn partially mediated the association between these resources and engagement in cognitively demanding everyday activities. Some variation in the fit of the model was observed across sexes, and the predictive power of the model was somewhat attenuated in the oldest old (ages 81+). The results support expectations derived from Selective Engagement Theory (Hess, 2014), which argues that increases in the costs associated with cognitive activity in later life negatively affects the motivation to engage in these potentially beneficial activities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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