Publication: It Is What You Have, Not What You Lose: Effects of Perceived Gains and Losses on Goal Orientation Across Adulthood
It Is What You Have, Not What You Lose: Effects of Perceived Gains and Losses on Goal Orientation Across Adulthood
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Gong, X., & Freund, A. M. (2020). It Is What You Have, Not What You Lose: Effects of Perceived Gains and Losses on Goal Orientation Across Adulthood. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 75(10), 2106–2111. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz163
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Objectives: Goal orientation tends to shift from predominantly striving for gains to maintenance and loss avoidance across adulthood. A dominant hypothesis states that age-related increases in losses drive the motivational shift. The present study tests this hypothesis and an alternative, namely that perceived accumulation of resources/assets and discrepancy between the actual and desired state underlie the stronger maintenance and loss-avoidance orientation in older than younger adults. Methods: Data from N = 182 U.S. adult participa
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- Gong, Xianmin
- Freund, Alexandra M
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Gong, X., & Freund, A. M. (2020). It Is What You Have, Not What You Lose: Effects of Perceived Gains and Losses on Goal Orientation Across Adulthood. Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 75(10), 2106–2111. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz163