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Amato C, Nima AA, Mihailovic M, et al. Modus operandi and affect in Sweden: the Swedish version of the Regulatory Mode Questionnaire. PeerJ. 2017;5:e4092doi: 10.7717/peerj.4092.
Amato, C., Nima, A. A., Mihailovic, M., & Garcia, D. (2017). Modus operandi and affect in Sweden: the Swedish version of the Regulatory Mode Questionnaire. PeerJ, 5e4092. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4092
Amato, Clara, et al. "Modus operandi and affect in Sweden: the Swedish version of the Regulatory Mode Questionnaire." PeerJ vol. 5 (2017): e4092. doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4092
Amato C, Nima AA, Mihailovic M, Garcia D. Modus operandi and affect in Sweden: the Swedish version of the Regulatory Mode Questionnaire. PeerJ. 2017 Nov 22;5:e4092. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4092. eCollection 2017. PMID: 29181282; PMCID: PMC5702250.
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PeerJ. 2017 Nov 22;5:e4092. doi: 10.7717/peerj.4092. eCollection 2017.

Modus operandi and affect in Sweden: the Swedish version of the Regulatory Mode Questionnaire.

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Clara Amato, Ali Al Nima, Marko Mihailovic, Danilo Garcia

Affiliations

  1. Blekinge Center of Competence, Blekinge County Council, Karlskrona, Sweden.
  2. Network for Empowerment and Well-Being, Sweden.
  3. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America.
  4. Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  5. Department of Psychology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

PMID: 29181282 PMCID: PMC5702250 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4092

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Regulatory Mode Questionnaire (RMQ) is the most used and internationally well-known instrument for the measurement of individual differences in the two self-regulatory modes: locomotion (i.e., the aspect of self-regulation that is concerned with movement from state to state) and assessment (i.e., the comparative aspect of self-regulation). The aim of the present study was to verify the independence of the two regulatory modes, as postulated by the Regulatory Mode Theory (Kruglanski et al., 2000), and the psychometric properties of the RMQ in the Swedish context. Furthermore, we investigated the relationship between regulatory modes (locomotion and assessment) and affective well-being (i.e., positive affect and negative affect).

METHOD: A total of 655 university and high school students in the West of Sweden (males = 408 females = 242, and five participants who didn't report their gender; age

RESULTS: The first analyses confirmed the unidimensional factor structure of locomotion and assessment and both scales showed good reliability. The assessment scale, however, was modified by dropping item 10 ("I don't spend much time thinking about ways others could improve themselves".) because it showed low loading (.07,

CONCLUSION: The factor structure of the Swedish version of the RMQ is, as Regulatory Mode Theory suggests, unidimensional and it showed good reliability. The scales discriminated between the two affective well-being dimensions. We suggest that the Swedish version of the RMQ, with only minor modifications, is a useful instrument to tap individual differences in locomotion and assessment. Hence, the present study contributes to the validation of the RMQ in the Swedish culture and adds support to the theoretical framework of self-regulatory mode.

Keywords: Affectivity; Assessment; Locomotion; Negative affect; Positive affect; Regulatory Mode Questionnaire; Regulatory mode; Sweden

Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Danilo Garcia is the Head of Research of the Blekinge Center of Competence, the Blekinge County Council’s research and development unit. The Center works on innovations in public health and practi

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