Holly A Mcgregor
Biographic Data
| ID | 4235705 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Holly A Mcgregor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Holly A |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgregor |
| SIGNATURE | MCGREGOR H A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rochester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 538 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Testing a self-determination theory intervention for motivating tobacco cessation: Supporting autonomy and competence in a clinical trial.
A longitudinal randomized trial tested the self-determination theory (SDT) intervention and process model of health behavior change for tobacco cessation (N = 1006). Adult smokers were recruited for a study of smokers' health and were assigned to intensive treatment or community care. Participants were relatively poor and undereducated. Intervention patients perceived greater autonomy support and reported greater autonomous and competence motivat…
Testing a Self-Determination Theory Process Model for Promoting Glycemic Control Through Diabetes Self-Management.
A longitudinal study tested the self-determination theory (SDT) process model of health behavior change for glycemic control within a randomized trial of patient activation versus passive education. Glycosylated hemoglobin for patients with Type 2 diabetes (n=159) was assessed at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. Autonomous motivation and perceived competence were assessed at baseline and 6 months, and the autonomy supportiveness of clinical pra…
Self-evaluation bias and academic performance: Some ways and some reasons why
A 2 × 2 achievement goal framework
A 2 x 2 achievement goal framework comprising mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals was proposed and tested in 3 studies. Factor analytic results supported the independence of the 4 achievement goal constructs. The goals were examined with respect to several important antecedents (e.g., motive dispositions, implicit theories, socialization histories) and consequences (e.g., anticipatory test an…
Extrinsic Value Orientation and “The Tragedy of the Commons”
Two studies examined the effect of Extrinsic Value Orientation (Kasser & Ryan, 1993, 1996) upon harvesting strategies and personal profit within commons dilemmas, in which individual and group interests can be at odds. At an individual or within‐group level of analysis, extrinsically oriented persons (who value money, fame, and popularity) harvested more than intrinsically oriented persons (who value self‐acceptance, intimacy, and community). How…
Achievement goals, study strategies, and exam performance: A mediational analysis.
Two studies examined achievement goals as predictors of self-reported cognitive/ metacognitive and motivational study strategies and tested these study strategies as mediators of the relationship between achievement goals and exam performance in the normatively graded college classroom. The results support hypotheses generated from the trichotomous achievement goal framework. Mastery goals are positive predictors of deep processing, persistence, …
A hot new way to measure aggression: Hot sauce allocation
Laboratory experiments investigating aggressive behavior have operationalized and assessed aggression in a variety of ways; however, these measures are often problematic because they do not create a situation in which participants perceive potential for real harm to come to the target, there is a risk of actual harm to the target, or they are too familiar to participants. To overcome these limitations, we developed a new method for measuring aggr…
Test anxiety and the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement motivation
This research was designed to incorporate the test anxiety (TA) construct into the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement motivation. Hypotheses regarding state and trait TA were tested in 2 studies, and the results provided strong support for the predictions. State TA (specifically, worry) was documented as a mediator of the negative relationship between performance-avoidance goals and exam performance. The positive relationshi…
Terror management and aggression: Evidence that mortality salience motivates aggression against worldview-threatening others
Terror management theory and self-esteem: Evidence that increased self-esteem reduced mortality salience effects
A 2 × 2 achievement goal framework
A 2 x 2 achievement goal framework comprising mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals was proposed and tested in 3 studies. Factor analytic results supported the independence of the 4 achievement goal constructs. The goals were examined with respect to several important antecedents (e.g., motive dispositions, implicit theories, socialization histories) and consequences (e.g., anticipatory test an…
Terror management and aggression: Evidence that mortality salience motivates aggression against worldview-threatening others
Test anxiety and the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement motivation
This research was designed to incorporate the test anxiety (TA) construct into the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement motivation. Hypotheses regarding state and trait TA were tested in 2 studies, and the results provided strong support for the predictions. State TA (specifically, worry) was documented as a mediator of the negative relationship between performance-avoidance goals and exam performance. The positive relationshi…
Terror management theory and self-esteem: Evidence that increased self-esteem reduced mortality salience effects
Self-evaluation bias and academic performance: Some ways and some reasons why
Terror management theory and self-esteem: Evidence that increased self-esteem reduced mortality salience effects
Terror management and aggression: Evidence that mortality salience motivates aggression against worldview-threatening others
Achievement goals, study strategies, and exam performance: A mediational analysis.
Two studies examined achievement goals as predictors of self-reported cognitive/ metacognitive and motivational study strategies and tested these study strategies as mediators of the relationship between achievement goals and exam performance in the normatively graded college classroom. The results support hypotheses generated from the trichotomous achievement goal framework. Mastery goals are positive predictors of deep processing, persistence, …
A hot new way to measure aggression: Hot sauce allocation
Laboratory experiments investigating aggressive behavior have operationalized and assessed aggression in a variety of ways; however, these measures are often problematic because they do not create a situation in which participants perceive potential for real harm to come to the target, there is a risk of actual harm to the target, or they are too familiar to participants. To overcome these limitations, we developed a new method for measuring aggr…
Test anxiety and the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement motivation
This research was designed to incorporate the test anxiety (TA) construct into the hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement motivation. Hypotheses regarding state and trait TA were tested in 2 studies, and the results provided strong support for the predictions. State TA (specifically, worry) was documented as a mediator of the negative relationship between performance-avoidance goals and exam performance. The positive relationshi…
Extrinsic Value Orientation and “The Tragedy of the Commons”
Two studies examined the effect of Extrinsic Value Orientation (Kasser & Ryan, 1993, 1996) upon harvesting strategies and personal profit within commons dilemmas, in which individual and group interests can be at odds. At an individual or within‐group level of analysis, extrinsically oriented persons (who value money, fame, and popularity) harvested more than intrinsically oriented persons (who value self‐acceptance, intimacy, and community). How…
A 2 × 2 achievement goal framework
A 2 x 2 achievement goal framework comprising mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals was proposed and tested in 3 studies. Factor analytic results supported the independence of the 4 achievement goal constructs. The goals were examined with respect to several important antecedents (e.g., motive dispositions, implicit theories, socialization histories) and consequences (e.g., anticipatory test an…
Self-evaluation bias and academic performance: Some ways and some reasons why
Testing a Self-Determination Theory Process Model for Promoting Glycemic Control Through Diabetes Self-Management.
A longitudinal study tested the self-determination theory (SDT) process model of health behavior change for glycemic control within a randomized trial of patient activation versus passive education. Glycosylated hemoglobin for patients with Type 2 diabetes (n=159) was assessed at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. Autonomous motivation and perceived competence were assessed at baseline and 6 months, and the autonomy supportiveness of clinical pra…
Testing a self-determination theory intervention for motivating tobacco cessation: Supporting autonomy and competence in a clinical trial.
A longitudinal randomized trial tested the self-determination theory (SDT) intervention and process model of health behavior change for tobacco cessation (N = 1006). Adult smokers were recruited for a study of smokers' health and were assigned to intensive treatment or community care. Participants were relatively poor and undereducated. Intervention patients perceived greater autonomy support and reported greater autonomous and competence motivat…
Psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Anxiety (3 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (3 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (3 works) · Academic achievement (2 works)