People with high motivation for success and low motivation to avoid failure will be achievement-oriented, while people with strong motivation to avoid failure and weak motivation for success will try to avoid most achievement situations if possible.
Persons with strong motivation to avoid failure believe they are likely to be unsuccessful.
Not surprisingly, then, Tuncel and her colleagues found that the motivation to avoid impasse, a negative event, is stronger than the motivation to seek agreement, a positive event.
The captain has spoken to the younger members of the squad about the traumas of that night in the hope it acts as motivation to avoid a repeat.
The motivation to avoid modifying second liens is likely to be stronger than a few thousand dollars in incentive payments for investors and servicers.
Strengthening adolescents' social integration may also increase their motivation to avoid using drugs and alcohol as they prepare to exit treatment and return to their home communities.
Impact on Industry: It appears that first aid training enhances participants' motivation to avoid occupational injuries and illnesses and improves their risk control behavior.
A subgroup was identified that demonstrated a "traditional profile" marked by high motivation to avoid harm, and elevated levels of beliefs about responsibility/overestimation of threat.
The model also contained a subgroup characterized by high incompleteness, low motivation to avoid harm, and higher levels of perfectionistic beliefs and intolerance of uncertainty.
