Nora Hope
McGill University
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The Journal of Positive Psychology | 2012
Natasha Lekes; Nora Hope; Lucie Gouveia; Richard Koestner; Frederick L. Philippe
A four-week experimental study (N = 113) examined the effects of reflecting on intrinsic values. In the experimental group, participants learned about the distinction between intrinsic (e.g. having close relationships) and extrinsic (e.g. being popular) values, wrote about two personal intrinsic values, and then reflected on these values weekly for four weeks. In the control group, participants completed parallel exercises related to the daily details of their lives. Results revealed that participants in the intrinsic values group experienced greater well-being immediately following the written reflection than participants in the control group. Four weeks later, the more engaged participants felt in the reflection exercises, the more they prioritized intrinsic over extrinsic values and the greater their well-being. These effects occurred only for participants in the intrinsic values condition. The implications for changing value priorities and improving well-being are discussed.
Journal of Personality | 2015
Richard Koestner; Theodore A. Powers; Marina Milyavskaya; Noémie Carbonneau; Nora Hope
Two prospective studies examined the relations of autonomy support and directive support to goal internalization and goal persistence over a year. Study 1 examined the role of support and internalization in semester-long goals set by college students and whether the goals were reset in the following semester. Study 2 examined semester-long goals and long-term developmental goals. Study 1 showed that autonomy support was not only significantly associated with greater internalization and goal success in the fall semester, but it was also significantly associated with actually resetting and subsequently succeeding at goals that one had failed to reach. Study 2 showed that autonomy support was significantly associated with progress for short-term goals over the semester, whereas directive support was unrelated to progress. For long-term goals, autonomy support was significantly related to greater internalization of goals and to greater goal satisfaction, whereas directive support was significantly negatively related to these outcomes. These studies point to the beneficial effects of autonomy support on goal internalization and resilient persistence. The effects of directive support (null vs. negative) were moderated by the timeline of the goals.
Social Psychological and Personality Science | 2014
Nora Hope; Marina Milyavskaya; Anne C. Holding; Richard Koestner
Could a shift in values over time drive resolution of identity and intimacy in young adulthood? In the present study, we found support for our hypothesis that increased prioritization of intrinsic values over an academic year predicts university students’ resolution of the Eriksonian stages of identity and intimacy, and that stage resolution would mediate the relationship between value change and enhanced well-being. Among the 196 students followed from September to April, we found that increased prioritization of intrinsic relative to extrinsic values over the year related to greater resolution of both identity and intimacy, controlling for stage resolution at T1, and that increased resolution positively predicted enhanced subjective well-being and psychological well-being over time.
Journal of Personality | 2017
Anne C. Holding; Nora Hope; Brenda Harvey; Ariane S. Marion Jetten; Richard Koestner
OBJECTIVE Action crises describe the intrapsychic conflicts individuals experience when they feel torn between further goal pursuit and goal disengagement. The present investigation introduces autonomous and controlled motivation as independent predictors of action crisis severity, beyond known personality-level predictors (action orientation) and novel personality-level predictors (Neuroticism and Conscientiousness). METHOD Using a multi-wave prospective longitudinal design and multilevel modeling (MLM), we followed students pursuing three personal goals across an academic semester (N = 425 undergraduates; 76% female; 57% Caucasian; Mage = 20.2, SD = 2.3). In two follow-up surveys, participants reported on the severity of their action crises, goal progress, and symptoms of depression. RESULTS Results suggest that autonomous motivation shields individuals from experiencing action crises, whereas controlled motivation represents a risk factor for developing action crises beyond personality-level predictors. Furthermore, MLM revealed that autonomous motivation is a significant predictor of action crisis severity at both the within- and between-person levels of analysis. Action crises mediate both the relationship between autonomous motivation and goal progress, and the relationship between controlled motivation and symptoms of depression. CONCLUSIONS The implications of these findings for the prevention of action crises and motivation research are discussed.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | 2015
Marina Milyavskaya; Michael Inzlicht; Nora Hope; Richard Koestner
Self and Identity | 2014
Nora Hope; Richard Koestner; Marina Milyavskaya
Psychology and Psychotherapy-theory Research and Practice | 2013
Daniel C. Kopala-Sibley; David C. Zuroff; Michelle J. Leybman; Nora Hope
Motivation and Emotion | 2015
Brenda Harvey; Marina Milyavskaya; Nora Hope; Theodore A. Powers; Mark Saffran; Richard Koestner
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science | 2012
Daniel C. Kopala-Sibley; David C. Zuroff; Michelle J. Leybman; Nora Hope
Personality and Individual Differences | 2016
Nora Hope; Marina Milyavskaya; Anne C. Holding; Richard Koestner