Dataset for: Nurturing Your Self: Measuring and Changing How People Strive For What They Need

The Operant Motive Test (OMT) integrates the assessment of implicit motives (what people strive for) and self-regulatory processes (how people strive). The present research validated the distinction between self-regulated and not self-regulated (incentive-driven and fearful) motive enactment. Consistent with expectations, self-regulated motive enactment correlated positively with action orientation (N1_total=730 in five published samples) and integrative self-organization (N2=47) and showed pre-post increases after global resilience training (N3=45). A specific self-motivation exercise yielded more self-regulated motive enactment among poor self-regulators (state-oriented) compared to humoristic talk (N4=164) and no exercise conditions, controlling for baseline (N5=97). Findings validate the OMT as sensitive to dispositional and experimental variations in self-regulatory processes and show that short interventions can change how people strive for what they need.

操作动机测试（Operant Motive Test，OMT）整合了对内隐动机（即个体所追求的目标）与自我调节过程（即个体达成目标的方式）的评估。本研究验证了自我调节型与非自我调节型（包括激励驱动型与恐惧型）动机表达之间的区分效度。与预期相符，自我调节型动机表达与行动导向（5项已发表研究的总样本量N₁_total=730）、整合性自我组织（N₂=47）呈显著正相关，且在接受整体韧性训练后（N₃=45）出现了前后测得分提升。特定自我激励练习可在自我调节能力较弱的状态导向群体中，催生相较于幽默谈话干预组与无干预对照组更多的自我调节型动机表达（N₄=164），该结果在控制基线水平的前提下依然成立（N₅=97）。本研究结果证实，OMT可灵敏捕捉自我调节过程中的特质性与实验性变异，同时表明短时长干预手段能够改变个体追求自身所需目标的方式。