A longitudinal examination of the interactive effects of goal importance and self-efficacy upon multiple life goal progress.

Beattie, Stuart; Hardy, Lew; Woodman, Tim

doi:10.1037/a0039022

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“…Specifically, higher importance of change goals may be associated with stronger goal commitment and greater efforts to implement behavioural changes (Hennecke et al, 2014;Locke & Latham, 1990. Therefore, greater goal importance should lead to more pronounced trait changes (Hennecke et al, 2014; see also Beattie et al, 2015;Maier & Brunstein, 2001). Higher feasibility of change goals may reflect higher perceived capacity and entail higher motivation for effective goal implementation; thus, feasible goals should be followed by specific, goal-related actions that may finally condense into actual trait changes (Carver & Scheier, 1998;Hennecke et al, 2014;Locke & Latham, 2002).…”

Section: Goal Importance and Goal Feasibility As Relevant Factors In mentioning

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You can’t always get what you want: The role of change goal importance, goal feasibility and momentary experiences for volitional personality development

Lücke¹,

Quintus

Egloff

et al. 2020

Eur J Pers

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Most adults want to change aspects of their personality. However, previous studies have provided mixed evidence on whether such change goals can be successfully implemented, perhaps partly due to neglecting the goals’ importance and feasibility as well as the experience of trait-relevant situations and states. This study examined associations between change goals and changes in self-reported Big Five traits assessed four times across two years in an age-heterogeneous sample of 382 adults (255 younger adults, Mage = 21.6 years; 127 older adults, Mage = 67.8 years). We assessed trait-relevant momentary situations and states in multiple waves of daily diaries over the first year ( M = 43.9 days). Perceived importance and feasibility of change goals were analysed as potentially moderating factors. Contrary to our hypotheses, the results demonstrated that neither change goals nor goal importance or feasibility were consistently associated with trait change, likely due to inconsistent associations with momentary situations and behaviours. The results suggest that wanting to change one’s traits does not necessarily lead to changes without engaging in trait-relevant situations and behaviours. These findings provide novel insights into the boundary conditions of volitional personality development.

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You can’t always get what you want: The role of change goal importance, goal feasibility and momentary experiences for volitional personality development

Lücke¹,

Quintus

Egloff

et al. 2020

Eur J Pers

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“…| 1413 Snyder et al, 2018) and empirical association with (e.g., Beattie et al, 2015;Feldman et al, 2009;Sheldon et al, 2015) goal-directed thoughts/behaviors rather than broad generalized positive future expectancies.…”

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“…We focus here on three commonly used individual difference measures of goal‐related cognition—hope, general self‐efficacy, and grit. We focus on these three constructs, specifically, rather than on other common positive psychological constructs (e.g., optimism, self‐esteem) because of their theoretical emphasis on (e.g., Bandura & Locke, 2003; Snyder et al, 2018) and empirical association with (e.g., Beattie et al, 2015; Feldman et al, 2009; Sheldon et al, 2015) goal‐directed thoughts/behaviors rather than broad generalized positive future expectancies.…”

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Hope attenuates the negative impact of general psychological distress on goal progress

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Objective: Symptoms of general psychological distress disrupt goal pursuit; however, not everyone is equally impacted by distress when pursuing goals. We tested whether hope, self-efficacy, and/or grit buffered the impact of symptoms of general psychological distress on longitudinal goal progress.Method: Undergraduate students reported on these constructs and, 2 months later, their progress toward five personal goals (N = 117).Results: Although greater levels of baseline psychological distress predicted less goal progress, the impact of psychological distress on goal progress was moderated by hope, β = .20, SE = 0.07, p < .01. More specifically, at higher hope, participants reported similar goal progress regardless of baseline distress symptoms, while at lower hope, baseline distress was negatively associated with goal progress. Conclusion:Hope may function as a buffer against the association between general psychological distress and impaired goal progress.

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“…Therefore, the current study will investigate intrusion, awareness, optimism, and pessimism as determinants of reducing discrepancies between goal importance and goal attainability. Additionally, there has been a growing research interest in the concept of goal progress (e.g., Beattie, Hardy, & Woodman, 2015;Harkin et al, 2016;Hope, Milyavskaya, Holding, & Koestner, 2016;Jakubiak & Feeney, 2016). Goal progress is defined as the perceived extent to which a personal goal is achieved and serves as feedback about how well people are doing (Locke, 1996).…”

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Reducing discrepancies of personal goals in the context of cancer: A longitudinal study on the relation with well‐being, psychological characteristics, and goal progress

Pama

Janse

Sprangers

et al. 2017

British J Health Psychol

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Objectives. To (1) examine whether reducing discrepancies between goal importance and goal attainability is an adaptive predictor of well-being, (2) investigate intrusion, awareness, optimism, and pessimism as determinants of reducing discrepancies between goal importance and goal attainability, and (3) explore how goal progress is involved in reducing discrepancies between goal importance and goal attainability during two major periods after a colorectal cancer diagnosis.Design. Prospective design.Methods. Newly diagnosed colorectal cancer patients (n = 120) were interviewed three times: within a month, 7 months (treatment period), and 18 months (followup period) post-diagnosis. Data were analysed using multiple regressions.Results. Results showed that (1) reducing discrepancies enhances well-being, (2) optimism and pessimism are predictors of reducing discrepancies during the treatment period but not during the follow-up period, while intrusion and awareness do not predict reducing discrepancies in either period, and (3) goal progress is a predictor of reducing discrepancies during the follow-up period, but no evidence for a moderating or mediating role of goal progress in the relation between psychological characteristics and reducing discrepancies was found.Conclusions. Reducing discrepancies between goal importance and goal attainability could benefit colorectal cancer patients' well-being. Optimism, pessimism, and goal progress appear to influence cancer patients' ability to reduce discrepancies. Providing assistance in improving goal progress to those who are less optimistic and highly pessimistic may be a suitable training for cancer patients to prevent deterioration in wellbeing.

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A longitudinal examination of the interactive effects of goal importance and self-efficacy upon multiple life goal progress.

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Cited by 17 publications

References 45 publications

You can’t always get what you want: The role of change goal importance, goal feasibility and momentary experiences for volitional personality development

You can’t always get what you want: The role of change goal importance, goal feasibility and momentary experiences for volitional personality development

Hope attenuates the negative impact of general psychological distress on goal progress

Reducing discrepancies of personal goals in the context of cancer: A longitudinal study on the relation with well‐being, psychological characteristics, and goal progress

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