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Regulatory Focus Strategies Scale: A measure of individual differences in the endorsement of regulatory strategies
Author(s) -
Ouschan Lucette,
Boldero Jennifer M.,
Kashima Yoshihisa,
Wakimoto Ryuutaro,
Kashima Emiko S.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2007.00233.x
Subject(s) - regulatory focus theory , promotion (chess) , exploratory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , confirmatory factor analysis , discriminant validity , focus (optics) , reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , uncorrelated , goal pursuit , measure (data warehouse) , social psychology , computer science , structural equation modeling , psychometrics , data mining , political science , machine learning , clinical psychology , mathematics , creativity , law , internal consistency , optics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , statistics , physics , politics
Regulatory focus theory proposes that people can have a promotion or a prevention focus when pursuing goals and choosing strategies. The Regulatory Focus Strategies Scale (RFSS), a scale that assesses the endorsement of promotion and prevention strategies for goal pursuit, is developed and validated in three studies. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses in Australia and Japan showed that promotion‐ and prevention‐focused strategic endorsement formed two largely uncorrelated factors. The RFSS exhibits adequate reliability, and discriminant and convergent validity. A cross‐cultural comparison showed that Australians were more promotion‐ but less prevention‐focused than Japanese students. The RFSS provides an additional measure that is useful in future research on self‐regulatory strategies.