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action-state orientation: a standalone construct

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Motivation science

a disposition contrasting people who readily act and disengage from failure (action oriented) with those who ruminate on current states (state oriented).

In motivation science, action-state orientation refers to a disposition contrasting people who readily act and disengage from failure (action oriented) with those who ruminate on current states (state oriented). This meaning comes from Kuhl (1981) in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.[1]

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References

Kuhl, J. (1981). Motivational and functional helplessness: The moderating effect of state versus action orientation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 40(1), 155-170. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.40.1.155

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