PMID- 34276169
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230415
IS  - 1046-1310 (Print)
IS  - 1936-4733 (Electronic)
IS  - 1046-1310 (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 9
DP  - 2023
TI  - The association of WTELS as a master motivator with higher executive functioning 
      and better mental health.
PG  - 7309-7320
LID - 10.1007/s12144-021-02078-8 [doi]
AB  - The goal is to test the validity of the "Will to exist-live and survive (WTELS) 
      as a master motivator that activates executive functions. A sample of 262 adults 
      administered different measures that included WTELS and executive functions. We 
      conducted hierarchical regressions with working memory deficits (WMD) and 
      inhibition deficits (ID) as dependent variables. We entered in the last steps 
      resilience and WTELS as independent variables. We conducted path analysis with 
      WTELS as independent variables and WMD and ID as outcome variables and resilience 
      and social support as mediating variables. WTELS accounted for the high effect 
      size for lower working memory deficits and medium effect size for lower 
      inhibition deficits. In path analysis, the effects of WTELS on decreased WMD were 
      direct, while its effects on the ID were indirect. PROCESS analysis indicated 
      that WTELS was directly associated with lower depression, anxiety, PTSD, and 
      COVID-19 traumatic stress, and its indirect effects were mediated by lower 
      executive function deficits (Kira et al., Psych 12:992-1024 2021c, Kira et al., 
      in press). The path model discussed was generally superior to the alternative 
      models and was strictly invariant across genders (male/ female). SUPPLEMENTARY 
      INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 
      10.1007/s12144-021-02078-8.
CI  - (c) The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 
      part of Springer Nature 2021.
FAU - Kira, Ibrahim A
AU  - Kira IA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8126-0020
AD  - Center for Cumulative Trauma Studies, Stone Mountain, GA, & Affiliate of Center 
      for Stress, Trauma and Resiliency, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA USA. 
      GRID: grid.256304.6. ISNI: 0000 0004 1936 7400
FAU - Ayna, Yunus Emre
AU  - Ayna YE
AD  - Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey. GRID: grid.411690.b. ISNI: 0000 0001 1456 
      5625
FAU - Shuwiekh, Hanaa A M
AU  - Shuwiekh HAM
AD  - Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt. GRID: grid.411170.2. ISNI: 0000 0004 0412 4537
FAU - Ashby, Jeffrey S
AU  - Ashby JS
AD  - Trauma and Resiliency, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA USA. GRID: 
      grid.256304.6. ISNI: 0000 0004 1936 7400
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210710
PL  - United States
TA  - Curr Psychol
JT  - Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)
JID - 8912263
PMC - PMC8272615
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Executive functions
OT  - Meta-motivation COVID-19
OT  - Resilience
OT  - "Will-to exist, live and survive"
COIS- Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest 
      concerning the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
EDAT- 2021/07/20 06:00
MHDA- 2021/07/20 06:01
PMCR- 2021/07/10
CRDT- 2021/07/19 05:48
PHST- 2021/07/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/07/20 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/07/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/07/19 05:48 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/07/10 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 2078 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s12144-021-02078-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Curr Psychol. 2023;42(9):7309-7320. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02078-8. Epub 2021 
      Jul 10.