Goal Motives, Well-Being, and Physical Health: Happiness and Self-Realization as Psychological Resources Under Challenge |
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| Authors: | Paule Miquelon Robert J Vallerand |
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| Institution: | (1) Health Psychology Laboratory, Psychology Department, McGill University, 1205 Dr. Penfield Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 1B1;(2) Laboratorie de Recherche sur le Comportement Social, Département de psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, Case postale 888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3P8 |
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| Abstract: | An integrative model of goal motives, well-being, and physical health was tested within three studies. Study 1 demonstrated
that pursuing autonomous goals was positively associated with both happiness and self-realization, whereas pursuing controlled
goals was negatively associated with self-realization, but unrelated to happiness. Study 1 further revealed that self-realization
was negatively associated with physical symptoms, whereas happiness was unrelated to the symptoms. Study 2 replicated the
findings of Study 1 while showing that academic stress mediated the relationship between self-realization and physical symptoms.
Finally, Study 3 replicated the findings of Studies 1 and 2 and additionally demonstrated that academic coping mediated the
relationship between self-realization and academic stress. These findings are discussed in terms of their theoretical implications
and directions for future research are proposed.
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| Keywords: | Goal motives Happiness Self-realization Stress Coping strategies Physical symptoms Positive psychology |
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