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  • 1.  selection between two questionnaires measuring regulatory focus

    Posted 09-07-2010 01:03
    Hi, I'm going to include measures of regulatory focus in a study
    using college students as subjects, and I'm now having some difficulties
    in choosing between two questionnairs. One was Regulatory Focus
    Questionnaire (RFQ)developed by Higgins et al.(2001) and the other was
    Promotion/Prevention Scale from Lockwood et al.(2002). RFQ focus more on
    the subjective success history which may lead to promotion pride or
    prevention pride, while Promotion/Prevention Scale seems to tap into
    something more general and appears to be more direct in measuring
    regulatory focus, but it also seems to have overlaps with the measures
    of "Dispositional Optimism" such as LOT. Are there any recommendations or
    comments about these measures? Thanks.


  • 2.  selection between two questionnaires measuring regulatory focus

    Posted 09-07-2010 12:00
    There's a paper on this matter:

    Summerville & Roese (2008). Self-report measures of individual differences in regulatory focus: A cautionary note. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 274-254.

    Best regards,

    Cédric Velghe
    ________________________________________
    Van: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] namens Wang Nan [g0900967@NUS.EDU.SG]
    Verzonden: dinsdag 7 september 2010 7:03
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    Onderwerp: [OB-LIST] selection between two questionnaires measuring regulatory focus

    Hi, I'm going to include measures of regulatory focus in a study
    using college students as subjects, and I'm now having some difficulties
    in choosing between two questionnairs. One was Regulatory Focus
    Questionnaire (RFQ)developed by Higgins et al.(2001) and the other was
    Promotion/Prevention Scale from Lockwood et al.(2002). RFQ focus more on
    the subjective success history which may lead to promotion pride or
    prevention pride, while Promotion/Prevention Scale seems to tap into
    something more general and appears to be more direct in measuring
    regulatory focus, but it also seems to have overlaps with the measures
    of "Dispositional Optimism" such as LOT. Are there any recommendations or
    comments about these measures? Thanks.


  • 3.  selection between two questionnaires measuring regulatory focus

    Posted 09-08-2010 10:06
     I would definitely go with the RFQ as the other measure is interesting but does not actually measure regulatory focus as such.

    2010/9/7 Cédric Velghe <Cedric.Velghe@ugent.be>
    There's a paper on this matter:

    Summerville & Roese (2008). Self-report measures of individual differences in regulatory focus: A cautionary note. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 274-254.

    Best regards,

    Cédric Velghe
    ________________________________________
    Van: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] namens Wang Nan [g0900967@NUS.EDU.SG]
    Verzonden: dinsdag 7 september 2010 7:03
    Aan: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Onderwerp: [OB-LIST] selection between two questionnaires measuring regulatory focus

    Hi, I'm going to include measures of  regulatory focus in a study
    using college students as subjects, and I'm now having some difficulties
    in choosing between two questionnairs. One was Regulatory Focus
    Questionnaire (RFQ)developed by Higgins et al.(2001) and the other was
    Promotion/Prevention Scale from Lockwood et al.(2002). RFQ focus more on
    the subjective success history which may lead to promotion pride or
    prevention pride, while Promotion/Prevention Scale seems to tap into
    something more general and appears to be more direct in measuring
    regulatory focus, but it also seems to have overlaps with the measures
    of "Dispositional Optimism" such as LOT. Are there any recommendations or
    comments about these measures? Thanks.



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