[Factors associated with mental health depending on the type of stress related to admission among correspondence course high school students in Japan].

Objective　This study aimed to determine the factors associated with mental health based on the type of stress related to high school admissions for correspondence courses.Methods　The targeted participants were 3,888 students belonging to 11 campuses of a high school providing correspondence courses. During the homeroom, the teachers in charge distributed and collected questionnaires directly.

[The effect of goal framing on the activation of affective representations].

Guided by regulatory focus theory, this study examined the effects of goal framing on the subjective experience of affect and the accessibility of affective representations. Study I examined lay persons' beliefs concerning the relationship between goal framing and certain kinds of affective experiences. The results indicated that a promotion focus was associated with happiness and disappointment, whereas a prevention focus was associated with relaxation and tension.