Regulatory Focus, Mental Imagery Vividness, and Career Choice among Undergraduate Students in Abidjan

N’guessan Pierre TOVI — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:53:30 +0800

This study aims to identify the role of mental imagery vividness in the relationship between regulatory focus and career choice among undergraduate students. 205 students enrolled in communication and business administration at the University Institute of Abidjan, with an average age of 21, completed questionnaires on regulatory focus (Higgins et al., 2001), vividness of mental imagery (Jankowska & Karwowski, 2022), and career choice based on Tovi (2022). The results indicate that regulatory focus has a nearly significant influence on vividness of mental imagery (P=0.062). Vividness of mental imagery is not a mediating variable. These results, explained by regulatory and bio-informational congruence theories, suggest that these students are able to align their motivational orientation and vividness of imagery with changes in the economic environment.

Acute Effects of Rope Therapy (Vestibular Stimulation) on Heart Rate Variability Coherence in Taiwanese Social Workers: A Within-Subjects Pilot Study

Dr. Benny W. L. Lam, Dr. Adrian Low Eng Ken, Mr. Tony Chau, Mr. Marco Wong — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:10:42 +0800

Background: Social workers represent a high-risk occupational group for chronic stress, burnout, and reduced autonomic regulation. Bottom-up, body-based interventions targeting vestibular-autonomic pathways may offer accessible alternatives to cognitive approaches; however, empirical evidence in helping professions remains limited.

Objective: To examine acute changes in heart rate variability (HRV) coherence following a single session of Rope Therapy (RT) — a structured vestibular stimulation intervention — in Taiwanese social workers reporting occupational stress and anxiety.

Methods: Thirteen Taiwanese social workers (12 female, 1 male; ages 25–42 years, M = 31.6, SD = 6.5) completed a single intervention session comprising a pre-intervention HRV measurement, a structured RT protocol involving graded rotational vestibular stimulation, and a post-intervention HRV measurement. HRV was recorded using the emWave Pro system (HeartMath Institute), with coherence score — an index of cardiorespiratory synchronization reflecting autonomic regulation — low/medium/high coherence ratios, and average heart rate as primary outcomes. Within-subjects analyses employed Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, with effect sizes reported as r.

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Psychology Research and Practice

Regulatory Focus, Mental Imagery Vividness, and Career Choice among Undergraduate Students in Abidjan

Acute Effects of Rope Therapy (Vestibular Stimulation) on Heart Rate Variability Coherence in Taiwanese Social Workers: A Within-Subjects Pilot Study