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Item Depletion and replenishment: exploring self-regulation resource depletion, activities that replenish the resource, and the corresponding effects on mood.(2011-08) Klaphake, Sara L.The resource depletion model of self-regulation proposes that people's ability to perform deliberate, effortful thought and behavior is a limited resource, with earlier self-regulation depleting this resource, leaving less for subsequent tasks. The current research investigated the pervasiveness of self-regulation depletion, explored various tasks as potential means of counteracting depletion, and assessed how mood was impacted by both. In a series of seven studies, participants completed an initial task that required either high or low levels of self-regulation and subsequent self-regulation measurement tasks, along with pre- and post-task measurements of mood. Some participants also completed various intervening tasks to assess the potential of different activities to counteract depletion. Our research indicated that self-regulation depletion, while common, is not inevitable when one has completed an earlier self-regulation task. We also found little evidence that completing the various intervening tasks such as exercise, magazine reading, and drawing, replenished participants' self-regulation resources. We did, however, find clear evidence that mood, both in terms of mood valence and arousal levels, is impacted by self-regulation, and some indication that these mood effects played a small mediating role in depletion.Item Exercise and Dating Relationship Patterns of University Students: Associations with Mood and Traits(2008-12) Waltman, Melissa L.Introduction. In the last couple of decades, obesity rates have increased steadily. Understanding and increasing physical activity is a key to tackling this issue, especially for college students. Additionally, these young adults are entering into more intimate and committed relationships. The connection between exercise and dating relationships is unknown, as studies of social influences on exercise have neglected this central relationship in college students’ lives. Another feature to understanding both exercise and dating relationship patterns are mood and trait associations. A review of the existing research connects these four variables and offers possible models for their mechanisms. Methods. Analyses included data for mood and traits from the Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) and the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ), respectively. Novel measures of the exercise and relationship variables were developed from the Motivational Structure Questionnaire (MSQ). The relationship variables included dating goals, relationship satisfaction, and dating relationship status. Results. All analyses performed for total group and separately for each sex, and many sex differences were found. Analyses replicated previous associations found between mood and both physical activity and dating relationship variables. For novel findings, various types of analyses (correlations, ANOVAs, chi-square, and multiple regression) indicated associations between the exercise and dating relationship variables. Analyses also included mediation of negative affect between exercise and relationship satisfaction. Lastly, the investigation explored associations between alternative physical activity measures as well as desired body change, including weight loss, with the mood, exercise, and dating relationship variables. Conclusions. Dating relationship patterns were associated with exercise variables, and negative affect may mediate this association for relationship satisfaction. Sex differences were found.Item Retail therapy: A qualitative investigation and scale development.(2009-05) Kang, MinjeongThe principle goal of this research was to enhance understanding of retail therapy, defined as shopping to alleviate negative moods. The specific research objectives were to 1) analyze the conceptual foundations of retail therapy, 2) qualitatively investigate the phenomenon of retail therapy, and 3) develop and validate a scale measuring retail therapy. Through a detailed conceptual analysis of the two existing approaches to the study of retail therapy, the researcher articulated how these approaches are related. In addition, the exploration of relationships between retail therapy and other consumer behaviors further clarified the concept of retail therapy. In-depth interviews were conducted to qualitatively investigate consumer experiences of engaging in retail therapy. 43 self-identified therapy shoppers participated in one time interviews. Interview findings revealed the nature of retail therapy during three shopping stages: pre-shopping, shopping, and post-shopping. Retail therapy scale development consisted of three phases: initial item generation, scale purification, and scale validation. 43 initial scale items were generated based on interview findings and included in the survey questionnaire. 258 survey responses from the general population were used for scale purification through which four factor measurement model was developed with 22 items retained. The refined measurement model was validated using a separate sample of 272 general populations. Implications of research findings were provided in three areas: consumer behavior research, retailers and marketers, and consumers and therapists.