Personal projects, affect, and need satisfaction : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in psychology, at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorBallantyne, Jonathan Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-03T02:57:35Z
dc.date.available2018-05-03T02:57:35Z
dc.date.issued1992
dc.description.abstractThe present study investigated effects that patterns of purposeful human action, conceived as personal projects, have on positive and negative affect and need satisfaction. Replication was attempted of main effects reported in the literature for project attributes upon affective experience. More importantly, a more complex view of the effects of projects attributes was proposed whereby project attributes interact with each other and age and sex to influence affect. In addition, an investigation into the determinants of need satisfaction was conducted utilising both within- and between- subjects modes of analysis. Seventy respondents completed a questionnaire containing measures of positive and negative affect, a project elicitation list, and measures of the project attributes of need satisfaction, involvement, conflict, and time-frame. Regression analyses generally failed to replicate reported relationships between project attributes and positive or negative affect. In contrast, a number of significant interaction effects did emerge between project attributes and age and sex, although each of these related only to positive affect. These interactions were between involvement and age, conflict and sex, conflict and age. The determinants of need satisfaction were found to differ greatly in significance but not magnitude, according to the mode of analysis used. Need satisfaction was positively related to involvement, and engagement in long term projects, and negatively to interproject conflict. In addition to these main effects a hypothesized quadratic effect for project conflict was found and interaction between sex and conflict. The issues concerning which is the more appropriate level of analysis are discussed. It was concluded for the interaction analyses that, while project attributes may be considered as independent influences upon positive affect, they should not be considered independently of age and sex. It is concluded that projects did not adequately match expectations of relating to affect and need satisfaction and are limited in their seeming inability to account for negative affect.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/13301
dc.identifier.wikidataQ112850325
dc.identifier.wikidata-urihttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112850325
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectMotivation (Psychology)en_US
dc.titlePersonal projects, affect, and need satisfaction : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in psychology, at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorBallantyne, Jonathan Thomas
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M. A.)en_US
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