The role of goal management for successful adaptation to arthritis

Goal Management Tendencies Predict Trajectories of Adjustment to Lower Limb Amputation Up to 15 Months Post Rehabilitation Discharge

“…Goal management tendencies also had a positive influence on rates of change in these outcomes; stronger goal pursuit tendencies appeared to buffer against decreases in positive affect and promote decreases in self-reported disability, while stronger goal adjustment tendencies appeared to enhance general adjustment to LLA. The findings are consistent with cross-sectional 8,16,18,19 and longitudinal 9,17 studies in which TGP and FGA were associated with more favourable outcomes among individuals with chronic illness and disability. Although previous research has observed positive associations between TGP and positive affect 8,37 , this is the first study to provide longitudinal evidence of this relationship.…”

“…Participants with stronger goal pursuit tendencies might have experienced less significant decreases in positive affect as their continued striving towards valued goals increased the likelihood of goal attainment, creating more opportunities for experience of positive feelings. The association of higher FGA with increases in general adjustment to LLA over time reflects the relationship of goal adjustment tendencies with favourable outcomes such as illness acceptance 18 , purpose in life 19 , and life satisfaction 16 observed in previous research. Overall, these findings suggest that goal pursuit tendencies play an important role in the experience of positive affect, which is transient in nature 20 , while goal adjustment tendencies have a greater influence on more enduring aspects of subjective wellbeing.…”

“…9 This suggests that although goal adjustment is more adaptive in the initial reintegration period following completion of rehabilitation, goal pursuit gains in importance over time in promoting higher levels of activity and participation. Arends and colleagues 19 found that higher FGA predicted greater participation in family roles, autonomy outdoors, and social relations in a sample of adults with polyarthritis. Lower TGP and higher FGA were predictive of greater participation in work and education, however.…”

Adaptación de las escalas “Tenacious Goal Pursuit and Flexible Goal Adjustment” y Goal Disengagement and Goal Reengagement”

“…En población joven, la desvinculación forzosa de una meta parece provocar un sentimiento de inseguridad y fracaso. De acuerdo con Arends et al (2013), parece que es el compromiso con una nueva meta lo que es beneficioso en cualquier caso.…”

A mixed-methods process evaluation of a goal management intervention for patients with polyarthritis

“…While having and striving for personal goals gives direction and meaning to life (Brandtstädter & Rothermund, 2002;Scheier et al, 2006; Psychology & Health 39 Wrosch, Scheier, Carver, & Schulz, 2003), the pursuit of goals may also produce negative psychological effects when goals become unattainable or no progress is made towards a desired goal (Carver & Scheier, 1990;Pomerantz, Saxon, & Oishi, 2000). Previous studies linked higher levels of various goal management competencies to lower levels of mental distress and higher levels of well-being in chronic disease populations (Arends, Bode, Taal, & Van de Laar, 2013b, 2016Boerner, 2004;Coffey, Gallagher, Desmond, & Ryall, 2014;Duke, Leventhal, Brownlee, & Leventhal, 2002;Garnefski et al, 2009;Schmitz, Saile, & Nilges, 1996;Zhu, Ranchor, van der Lee, Garssen Sanderman, & Schroevers, 2014). The ability to flexibly use several goal management competencies is needed to cope with the changing circumstances prompted by a chronic disease (Vriezekolk, van Lankveld, Geenen, & van den Ende, 2011); as living with it is an ongoing process of finding equilibrium in situations that may constantly change (Moss-Morris, 2013).…”