Tag: Motivation

The political is personal: The costs of daily politics

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Author: Ford, Brett Q.; Feinberg, Matthew; Lassetter, Bethany; Thai, Sabrina; Gatchpazian, Arasteh Description: Politics and its controversies have permeated everyday life, but the daily impact of politics on the general public is largely unknown. Here, we apply an affective science framework to understand how the public experiences daily politics in a two-part examination. We first used longitudinal, daily diary methods to track two samples of U.S. participants as they experienced daily political events across 2 weeks (Study 1: N = 198, observations = 2,167) and 3 weeks (Study 2: N…

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Why Do People Get Involved? Motivations for Volunteerism and Other Forms of Social Action

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Author: Mannino, Clelia Anna; Snyder, Mark; Omoto, Allen M. Description: Motivations play a vital role in determining people’s choices, decisions, and actions, from whom people choose to spend time with to the food they eat to decisions about which new job to accept. Motivations in the form of needs, goals, purposes, and plans can both foster and hinder future action. Consider a university student’s decision to study abroad, for example. She may choose to spend a semester overseas to bolster her resume and make herself more competitive in the job…

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