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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"Goal Pursuit"”.
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The Determinants of Successful Goal Pursuit
Goal pursuit is ubiquitous in everyday life, which has subsequently led to the proliferation of a multitude of theories and perspectives on what constitutes successful goal pursuit. While all of this work is indeed a testament to the centrality of goals in the context of motivational psychology, …
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The Influence of Money on Goal Pursuit and Decision-Making: Understanding Money's Unique Impact on Goal Pursuit
… can increase motivation to achieve personal goals. In this dissertation, I investigate how money affects pursuit of important personal goals, and how this motivation may be affected by goal attainability. In eight studies, I show that priming concepts of money and wealth leads individuals to …
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The effects of motivation and progress framing on goal pursuit
"Will different progress types of reports lead to goal commitment or digression? Does progress feedback focused on past progress, such as, ""you have completed 50%"" affect behavior differently than feedback focused on what remains to be done, such as, ""you have 50% remaining""? People can feel …
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COMMUNICATING PERSONAL GOALS - THE EFFECTS OF COMMUNICATION MOTIVES ON GOAL PURSUIT
The communication of personal goals to others is pervasive and spontaneous. Research suggests that goal communication may have implications for goal pursuit outcomes, depending on the motives driving such communication. However, there has yet to be any systematic study on the effects of goal …
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Goal Pursuit, Motivation And The Experience Of Positive And Negative Affect In Young People: An Experience Sampling Study
… thesis aimed to test a psychological model of goaldirected behaviour in a sample of young adults, using experience sampling methods. The purpose was to assess the relationship between goal-related appraisals of success and importance, and fluctuations in both positive and negative affect as …
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Understanding the Consequences of Interpersonal Confrontation: The Role of Goal Pursuit in Men's Responses to Being Confronted as Sexist
… by exploring the role of men's interaction goals on men's goal-directed compensation and interpersonal outcomes following confrontation. In Study 1, I measured accessibility of three goals (liking, respect, egalitarian) after men either imagined or experienced confrontation for sexist or …
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Interactions between global and local performance incentives on decision-making and categorization
… regulatory fit between global approach/avoidance goals and the local approach/avoidance mechanisms of goal pursuit influence cognition and behavior in predictable ways. A regulatory fit leads to an increase in motivation and engagement relative to a regulatory mismatch. The increase in engagement …
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Social Anxiety: Relationship to Approach and Avoidance Goals and Plans and the Emotional Consequents of Success and Failure
… and within-group differences in idiosyncratic goal generation, plan generation, and anticipated affect related to goal pursuit. The data did not support the hypotheses related to between- or within-group differences in approach and avoidance goal or plan generation; the two groups did not …
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Self-regulation and Regulatory Focus Theory: Regulation in Response to Goal Discrepancy Feedback in a Regulatory Focus Framework
… success, implement risky tactics, and an eager goal pursuit. Prevention focused individuals tend to avoid failure, implement conservative tactics, and a vigilant goal pursuit. Scholer and Higgins (2011) propose an exception to the rule where individuals break the natural RF alignment, which …
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"Increasing Level of Aspiration by Matching Construal Level and Temporal Distance: The Motivating Effects of Contemplating ""How"" Now and ""Why"" Later"
Individuals trying to achieve goals often set a level of aspiration ahead of time, that is, they determine which specific outcomes in goal pursuit they desire to obtain. In the research contained in the current dissertation, I demonstrate that temporal distance and construal level have …
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"Increasing Level of Aspiration by Matching Construal Level and Temporal Distance: The Motivating Effects of Contemplating ""how"" Now and ""why"" Later"
Individuals trying to achieve goals often set a level of aspiration ahead of time, that is, they determine which specific outcomes in goal pursuit they desire to obtain. In the research contained in the current dissertation, I demonstrate that temporal distance and construal level have …
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Beyond the Observable: Examining Self-Reported Well-Being in People with Dementia
… to moderate dementia. The relationship between goal pursuit, a predictor of well-being, and purpose in life, an aspect of psychological well-being, was examined through questionnaire and experimental methods. The moderating effect of dementia severity was also investigated. Results showed that …
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The Impact of Individual’s Beliefs on Overcoming Temptations
… of avoiding temptations may positively impact goal pursuit, especially when self-control is low. Alternatively, a belief in the value of indulging in temptations may negatively impact goal pursuit when individuals’ self-control is low. This belief, however, may mitigate the consequences of …
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Seeking the Support That We Want: Goal Matching in Social Support Outcomes and Supporter Selection
… present study seeks to replicate the effect of goal matching in experienced support outcomes as well as ascertain if matching between support goals and expectations of potential support providers (PSPs) occurs in supporter selection. I hypothesized that (a) individuals will be more likely to …
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An Exploration of the Thoughts and Emotions Associated with Goal Attainment
… be seen, but that play a significant role in goal outcomes – the inner world of thoughts and emotions. With some coaching scholars and practitioners believing that positive thinking and an optimistic outlook are valuable components of successful goal pursuit, this study explores positive and …
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Reconceptualizing Flow from a Self-Regulatory Framework
… preceded by three antecedents, skill-task match, goals, and feedback. These antecedents lead to a flow state, which is exemplified by six components, merging of action and awareness, centering of attention, loss of self-consciousness, temporal distortion, sense of control, and autotelic nature. In …
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Not in the mood to achieve? Hedonistic discounting reduces the motivation to self-regulate
… can influence self-regulatory processes during goal-pursuit: the hedonistic discounting hypothesis. According to the hedonistic discounting hypothesis, in the absence of competing motivations triggered by external factors in an achievement situation, individuals in a happy mood were expected to …
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The value of action: An examination of when and how actions are evaluated more positively than inactions
… of daily life, affecting our decision-making, goal pursuit, self-regulation, well-being, and health. Understanding how people conceptualize and evaluate action and inaction is thus important. The present research found that actions are perceived differently than inactions (Studies 1-2). People …
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Testing the Generality of Regulatory Fit with Goal Orientation in the Performance Feedback Context
… the generality of the fit principle using goal orientation. I will test the effect of fit on corrective feedback utilization. I predict that experiencing regulatory fit between goal orientation and goal pursuit strategies will lead to: 1) higher behavioral utilization of feedback, and 2) …
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Hopeful feelings : inducing the feelings of hope and examining its social and cognitive effects
… on hope as a sense of agency and effective goal pursuit, thus limiting our knowledge of the cognitive and social implications of hopeful feelings. Four studies tested various manipulations intended to induce hopeful feelings distinct from general positive mood. Images of baby faces and tree …
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