文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：The moderating effect of regulatory focus in the relationship between potential flexibility and practical flexibility

作者：Wang, Jia[1];Liu, Ru-De[2];Star, Jon[3];Liu, Ying[4];Zhen, Rui[5]

第一作者：王佳

通讯作者：Liu, RD[1]

机构：[1]Beijing Union Univ, Teachers Coll, Beijing, Peoples R China;[2]Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Psychol, Beijing Key Lab Appl Expt Psychol, Inst Dev Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China;[3]Harvard Univ, Grad Sch Educ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA;[4]Hebei Normal Univ, Sch Educ, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, Peoples R China;[5]Hangzhou Normal Univ, Inst Psychol Sci, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

第一机构：北京联合大学师范学院

通讯机构：[1]corresponding author), Beijing Normal Univ, Fac Psychol, Beijing Key Lab Appl Expt Psychol, Inst Dev Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China.

年份：2019

卷号：56

起止页码：218-227

外文期刊名：CONTEMPORARY EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85060905341);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000462102300019)】；

基金：This study was supported by the Project of Humanities and Social Sciences Key Research Base in Ministry of Education of the Peoples Republic of China (15JJD190001) to R-D L.

语种：英文

外文关键词：Mathematical flexibility; Potential flexibility; Practical flexibility; Regulatory focus

摘要：Two studies examined the moderating effect of a motivational factor (regulatory focus) on the relation between potential flexibility (knowledge of multiple strategies and strategy efficiency) and practical flexibility (using the most efficient strategy to solve mathematics problems). Regulatory focus was measured as an individual disposition (in Study 1) or induced as a situational state using different descriptions of a math exam (in Study 2). Results provided evidence that both chronic and situational regulatory focus moderated the relationship between potential and practical flexibility, suggesting that whether potential flexibility predicted practical flexibility was related to whether individuals were promotion-focused or prevention-focused. These results contribute to a better understanding of the relationship between potential and practical flexibility and point to the important role of regulatory focus when it comes to flexible mathematics performance.