Bernecker, Katharina; Becker, Daniela; Guobyte, Aiste (2023). If the party is good, you can stay longer—effects of trait hedonic capacity on hedonic quantity and performance. Motivation and Emotion, 47 (5), pp. 711-725. 10.1007/s11031-023-10021-6
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Research suggests that people’s capacity to successfully pursue hedonic goals is at least as important for well-being as trait self-control. Extending this research, we tested whether trait hedonic capacity is related to more time spent with hedonic goal pursuit (i.e., hedonic quantity) and whether this explains its positive relationship with well-being. Second, we explored whether this may come at a cost for people’s performance. Results show that people with higher trait hedonic capacity do spend more time with hedonic goal pursuit (Study 1 and 2). However, hedonic quality not hedonic quantity accounts for its positive relationship with well-being. Further, people higher vs. lower in trait hedonic capacity perform equally well in their studies (Study 2) and their jobs (Study 3 and 4). Thus, trait hedonic capacity seems to allow people to invest more time into their hedonic goals in a way that does not jeopardize their academic and job performance.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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PHBern Contributor: |
Bernecker, Katharina |
ISSN: |
0146-7239 |
Language: |
German |
Submitter: |
Jessica Brunner |
Date Deposited: |
12 Feb 2024 10:01 |
Last Modified: |
14 Feb 2024 10:35 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s11031-023-10021-6 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
hedonic goals, performance, self-control, goal pursuit |
PHBern DOI: |
10.57694/7267 |
URI: |
https://phrepo.phbern.ch/id/eprint/7267 |