Psychology

Volume 8, Issue 6 (April 2017)

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An Introduction of Regulatory Focus Theory and Its Recently Related Researches

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Based on the previous theory and research that have shown that people have two distinct self-regulatory focuses, Higgins put forward Regulatory Focus Theory (RFT) extending the basic hedonic principle that people are motivated to approach pleasure and avoid pain, and in the purpose of a new explanation of people’s motivation, revealed that how humans approach the positive target and avoid the negative. The theory distinguished two different orientations: prevention focus and promotion focus. They are different in various aspects such as different needs, characterization of the target, focuses of the results, and emotional arousal. The article introduces the theory of Regulatory Focus, and its nature and different types, and also describes the most recently related researches in organizational behavior.

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Cui, W. and Ye, M. (2017) An Introduction of Regulatory Focus Theory and Its Recently Related Researches. Psychology, 8, 837-847. doi: 10.4236/psych.2017.86054.

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