TY - JOUR
T1 - Validating the state motivation to foster social connections scale
AU - Bernstein, Michael J.
AU - Claypool, Heather M.
AU - Nadzan, Megan A.
AU - Schuepfer, Kurt
AU - Benfield, Jacob A.
AU - Nutt, Robert J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences [1323349,1323418].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2019/11/2
Y1 - 2019/11/2
N2 - Motivations to foster social connections drive much of human behavior. While these motivations vary across both situations and time, no scale exists assessing them at the state level. In the current work, we develop such a state measure, yielding a two-factor solution: motivation to foster social connections with existing and with new social targets. Across nine studies with almost 2000 participants, the scale shows good factor structure and reliability, as well as convergent and divergent validity. In two experimental studies, it also showed sensitivity to manipulations of regulatory focus and hunger. Implications for future research on social interactions and other uses of the scale are discussed.
AB - Motivations to foster social connections drive much of human behavior. While these motivations vary across both situations and time, no scale exists assessing them at the state level. In the current work, we develop such a state measure, yielding a two-factor solution: motivation to foster social connections with existing and with new social targets. Across nine studies with almost 2000 participants, the scale shows good factor structure and reliability, as well as convergent and divergent validity. In two experimental studies, it also showed sensitivity to manipulations of regulatory focus and hunger. Implications for future research on social interactions and other uses of the scale are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/00224545.2018.1558882
DO - 10.1080/00224545.2018.1558882
M3 - Article
C2 - 30623740
AN - SCOPUS:85059930922
SN - 0022-4545
VL - 159
SP - 709
EP - 724
JO - Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 6
ER -