Linking goal self-concordance and affective reactions to goal conflict

Gorges, Julia; Esdar, Wiebke; Wild, Elke

doi:10.1007/s11031-014-9392-7

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“…The valuable goals in the present study may have something in common with self-integrated goals, which emanate from the individual’s interest and values. Self-integration correlates positively with goal commitment, and pursuing self-integrated goals correlates positively with both simultaneous and future well-being (Gorges et al, 2014; Sheldon & Eliot, 1998, 1999). …”

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“…If lower-level goals are perceived as easily postponed or replaced, or if they are not strongly connected to higher-order goals, then conflict among them might not be detrimental to well-being (Carver & Scheier, 1998). Another possibility is that goal conflict affects different people or goals differently; these differences might include goal ambivalence (Kelly, Mansell, & Wood, 2011), goal progress (Kehr, 2003), goal self-integration (Gorges et al, 2014), or positive goal expectancies (Segerstrom & Solberg Nes, 2006). It should be noted that the present study focused on effects of resource conflict because it is the most common source of goal conflict and because pain can affect resources for goal pursuit; the effects of inherent conflict may be different (Emmons & King, 1988).…”

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“…Goal conflict positively correlated with psychological health among undergraduate students when goal conflict was balanced by positive goal expectancies and goal value (Segerstrom & Solberg Nes, 2006). Conflicting goals were associated with more positive and less negative affect when the underlying motivation was intrinsic (i.e., the goal was being pursued for its own sake) than when it was extrinsic (i.e., the goal was being pursued because of external standards or pressures; Gorges, Esdar, & Wild, 2014). …”

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“…In terms of value, some goals are more important to the individual than others. Pursuing goals that are important to self-definition, psychological needs, or core values confer more psychological benefit than pursuing goals that are less important (Emmons, 1986; Gorges, Esdar, & Wild, 2014; Sheldon & Elliot, 1999). In terms of costs, some goals demand more time and energy than others and therefore contribute more to resource conflict among goals.…”

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Daily Goals and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife and Older Women: Physical Pain Interacts With Goal Conflict

Segerstrom

Jones

Scott

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Research in Human Development

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Physical pain is more prevalent with older age and female gender, and pain can interfere with goal pursuit and its psychological benefit. In particular, insofar as pain is associated with fatigue, it may limit resources for goal pursuit and increase goal resource conflict: the competition between goals for time and energy. Therefore, the pursuit of goals with high value and low resource conflict should provide the most psychological benefit, particularly for women who experience physical pain. Women in middle and older age (N = 200) completed up to 7 daily diaries (n = 1,380), in which they reported and rated their daily goals and assessed their daily pain, distress, fatigue, and cognitive function. Raters also assessed goal conflict. Multilevel models tested the within- and between-person relationships of goal value and goal conflict with daily distress, fatigue, and cognitive function, as well as moderation by pain. Higher goal value was associated with less distress and fatigue and better cognitive function within and between women. Depending on whether or not a woman had physical pain, goal conflict had different relationships with fatigue and cognitive function: for women with no pain, there was a modest positive relationship between goal conflict and both cognitive difficulties and subjective fatigue; for women with pain, there was a negative relationship between goal conflict and both cognitive difficulties and subjective fatigue. Results suggest women without pain may be taxed by their goal conflict, whereas women with pain may regulate their goal conflict in response to their available resources.

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Daily Goals and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife and Older Women: Physical Pain Interacts With Goal Conflict

Segerstrom

Jones

Scott

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Research in Human Development

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“…What is more, this body of research yielded contrasting results. In fact, while the study by Emmons (1986) highlighted positive association of goal value with positive affect and life satisfaction, other studies did not found an association of goal value with life satisfaction (King et al 1998) nor with affect (Gorges et al 2014). Finally, a research by Palys and Little (1983) demonstrated a moderating effect of shortversus long-term pursued goal on the link between goal value and life satisfaction.…”

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The Effects of Short-Term Personal Goals on Subjective Well-Being

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Several studies demonstrated that subjective well-being is associated with goal value and perceived progress but their validity is affected by methodological biases. Moreover, a few have analysed the influence of short-term goals. We aimed to analyse how the levels of and changes in short-term goals progress and value influence subsequent levels of and changes in subjective well-being. This study adopted a three-wave longitudinal design with one-month intervals. Four hundred nine participants (186 males; age 19-71) reported their subjective well-being and their two most important goals and rated each over time in terms of value and progress. A latent difference score model revealed that levels and increases in goal progress positively influenced subsequent levels of subjective well-being. Goal value increases led to decreases in negative affect. These findings provide insights on the promotion of subjective well-being. Given the importance of goal progress in promoting subjective well-being, we propose the implementation of goalsetting programmes that are aimed at fostering successful goal pursuit.

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Goal Setting: Effective Strategies to Plan for a Successful Career

Jason

Elpert

2017

Hospital Medicine

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Linking goal self-concordance and affective reactions to goal conflict

Cited by 24 publications

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Daily Goals and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife and Older Women: Physical Pain Interacts With Goal Conflict

Daily Goals and Psychological Well-Being in Midlife and Older Women: Physical Pain Interacts With Goal Conflict

The Effects of Short-Term Personal Goals on Subjective Well-Being

Goal Setting: Effective Strategies to Plan for a Successful Career

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