Choosing to lose it: The role of autonomous motivation in goal disengagement

Holding, Anne C.; Moore, Amanda; Verner‐Filion, Jérémie; Kachanoff, Frank; Koestner, Richard

doi:10.1007/s11031-022-09952-3

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“…Action crisis predicted increased commitment for autonomous study goals, while controlled motivation increased after disengagement. As the research by Holding et al (2022), these findings point to the important role of the reasons why people engage in an action. Resolving the internal conflict of an action crisis guides people into the direction of their personal goals, and making such decisions justifies high effort (Bouzidi et al, 2022).…”

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“…Two other contributions highlighted the role of the quality of motivation in disengagement. Holding et al (2022) point out that motivation quality for disengagement is an important moderator of stopping goal pursuit. As autonomous motivation for engaging in an action, and especially giving people the opportunity to choose what they want to do, fosters performance and well-being (see Patall et al, 2008;Ryan et al, 2021), autonomy in the decision to disengage supports efficient disengagement.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Autonomy in the decision to engage in an action can result in resistance against disengagement, while autonomy in the decision to disengage can prevent the negative effects of "letting go" (Klinger, 1975;Wrosch et al, 2003). From this perspective, Holding et al (2022) help to advance a more complete understanding of how autonomy influences human behavior.…”

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Commentary: Engage or disengage? Interpretations from a resource conservation perspective

Gendolla

2022

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In this commentary, I discuss the eight empirical contributions to the Motivation and Emotion special issue on goal disengagement from a resource conservation perspective. This process was not in the focus of the reported studies, but is central for understanding both engaging and disengaging. I will outline that many of the new findings on disengagement reported in this special issue are highly compatible with the predictions of and research on motivational intensity theory. Examples are the roles of commitment, subjective goal value, affective experiences, autonomy, self-awareness, and action planning. These variables have been found to be central for both engagement and disengagement and their consideration in a resource mobilization perspective should contribute to a more complete understanding of “letting go”.

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Commentary: Engage or disengage? Interpretations from a resource conservation perspective

Gendolla

2022

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“…Overall, these findings suggest that a decision to disengage is neither necessary nor sufficient to disengage. On the one hand, deciding to disengage can be countered by perceiving controlled reasons for disengaging (Holding et al, 2022). Therefore, the decision to disengage needs to be supplemented with corresponding behavior and cognitions to support affective and cognitive disengagement (Brandtstädter & Rothermund, 2002).…”

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“…In contrast, changes in value might occur due to changed life circumstances or perspective on life (cf. Holding et al, 2022). Still, once the decreased goal desirability is realized, it might be difficult to behaviorally disengage from these goals or situations involved in previous goal pursuit with associated psychological, physical, and societal costs.…”

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You have to let go sometimes: advances in understanding goal disengagement

Kappes

Schattke

2022

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While research on tenacious goal pursuit and persistence has evoked a myriad of research efforts, research on goal disengagement has rather been neglected and has been focusing mainly on positive consequences of individual differences in goal disengagement capacities. In recent years, however, research on goal disengagement has seen an upsurge in studies, specifically addressing the conceptualization of goal disengagement, the processes involved, and factors facilitating or undermining it. However, many questions remain unanswered or only partly answered providing numerous opportunities for further investigation.With this special issue of Motivation and Emotion, we aim to stimulate such progress in research on goal disengagement. To this end, this special issue includes empirical studies with cross-sectional, prospective, longitudinal, and experimental designs with a wide range of personal and experimentally induced goals as well as invited commentaries from scholars across different psychological sub disciplines.In this introductory essay, we provide a brief review of the current state of goal disengagement research. We also provide an overview about the contributions to this special issue with reflections related to the current state of research and areas where further advancement in conceptualization and empirical studies is needed.

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Informed Consent for Psychotherapy: The Moderating Role of Therapeutic Alliance, Prior Knowledge and Autonomous Motivation on Decision‐Making and Treatment Expectation

Ladwig,

Pauls,

Gerke

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Clin Psychology and Psychoth

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BackgroundInformed consent is an ethical prerequisite for psychotherapy. There are no routinely used standardized strategies for obtaining informed consent. A new optimized informed consent consultation (OIC) strengthened treatment‐relevant aspects. It remains unclear which factors influence the OIC efficacy regarding clinical and decision‐related outcomes.MethodsN = 122 adults were included in a randomized controlled online trial. Participants received an information brochure on psychotherapy (TAU; n = 61) or OIC + TAU (n = 61). The main and interaction effects of group allocation, therapeutic alliance, prior knowledge about psychotherapy and treatment motivation on treatment expectations, decisional conflict and capacity to consent were tested. Floodlight analyses were conducted for significant interactions.ResultsLarge interaction effects were shown between treatment motivation and group allocation on treatment expectations (β = −0.53) and between prior knowledge and group assignment on capacity to consent (β = 0.68). The interaction between treatment motivation and group allocation was significant up to a motivation score of 5.54 (range: 1–7). The interaction between prior knowledge and group assignment was significant up to a knowledge score of 14.38 (range: 5–20).ConclusionModerator analyses indicated varying efficacy degrees for the OIC regarding decisional outcomes and expectation. Especially patients with little treatment motivation or low prior knowledge benefited from optimized information about the efficacy and possible side effects of psychotherapy.Trial Registration: PsychArchives (https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4929): 17.06.2021

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Choosing to lose it: The role of autonomous motivation in goal disengagement

Cited by 12 publications

References 62 publications

Commentary: Engage or disengage? Interpretations from a resource conservation perspective

Commentary: Engage or disengage? Interpretations from a resource conservation perspective

You have to let go sometimes: advances in understanding goal disengagement

Informed Consent for Psychotherapy: The Moderating Role of Therapeutic Alliance, Prior Knowledge and Autonomous Motivation on Decision‐Making and Treatment Expectation

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