Looking Forward: The Effect of the Best-Possible-Self Intervention on Thriving Through Relative Intrinsic Goal Pursuits

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1379-1395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Bodo Heekerens ◽  
Kathrin Heinitz
Keyword(s):  
Goal Pursuits ◽  
Intrinsic Goal

Extrinsic relative to intrinsic goal pursuits and peer dynamics: Selection and influence processes among adolescents

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 925-933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Duriez ◽  
Matteo Giletta ◽  
Peter Kuppens ◽  
Maarten Vansteenkiste
Keyword(s):  
Peer Dynamics ◽  
Goal Pursuits ◽  
Intrinsic Goal

EXPRESS: We Succeeded Together, Now What: Relationship Power and Sequential Decisions in Couples' Joint Goal Pursuits

2021 ◽  
pp. 002224372110345
Author(s):  
Hristina Nikolova ◽  
Gergana Y. Nenkov
Keyword(s):  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Financial Data ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Relational Self ◽  
Relationship Power ◽  
Sequential Decisions ◽  
Goal Progress ◽  
Goal Pursuits

Research has demonstrated that after making high goal progress consumers feel liberated to engage in goal-inconsistent behaviors. But what happens after consumers make high progress in the context of joint goal pursuit? We examine how jointly-made progress towards a joint goal pursued by couples affects subsequent individually-made goal-relevant decisions. Across five experiments with both lab-created couples and married participants and financial data from a couples' money management mobile app, we show that after making high progress on a joint goal (vs. low or no progress), higher relationship power partners are more likely to disengage from the joint goal to pursue personal concerns (e.g., indulge themselves or pursue individual goals), whereas lower relationship power partners do not disengage from the joint goal and continue engaging in goal-consistent actions that maintain its pursuit. We elucidate the underlying mechanism, providing evidence that the joint goal progress boosts the relational self-concept of high (but not low) relationship power partners and this drives the effects. Importantly, we demonstrate the effectiveness of two theory-grounded and easily implementable interventions which promote goal-consistent behaviors among high relationship power consumers in the context of joint savings goals.

The Role of Individual and Dyadic Planning in Couples’ Daily Goal Pursuits

2021 ◽  
pp. 014616722199763
Author(s):  
Ophir Katzenelenbogen ◽  
Nina Knoll ◽  
Gertraud Stadler ◽  
Eran Bar-Kalifa
Keyword(s):  
Daily Basis ◽  
Goal Achievement ◽  
Daily Diaries ◽  
Goal Progress ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Individual Planning ◽  
Goal Pursuits ◽  
Complementary Strategy

Planning promotes progress toward goal achievement in a wide range of domains. To date, planning has mostly been studied as an individual process. In couples, however, the partner is likely to play an important role in planning. This study tested the effects of individual and dyadic planning on goal progress and goal-related actions. Two samples of couples ( N = 76 and N = 87) completed daily diaries over a period of 28 and 21 days. The results indicate that individual and dyadic planning fluctuate on a daily basis and support the idea that dyadic planning is predominantly used as a complementary strategy to individual planning. As expected, individual and dyadic planning were positively associated with higher levels of action control and goal progress. In Sample 2, dyadic planning was only associated with goal progress on days in which individuals felt that they were dependent upon their partners’ behaviors to achieve their goals.

scholarly journals The Reliability and Validity Study of the Turkish Version of the Global Meaning Violation Scale

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (18) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Stressful Life Event ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Original Form ◽  
Turkish Version ◽  
Traumatic Life Events ◽  
Global Meaning ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Extrinsic Goal ◽  
Intrinsic Goal

As a psychological concept, meaning is a mental representation that enables us to connect relations or ideas predictably and stably. Highly stressful or traumatic life events may violate individuals’ global meaning (such as beliefs and goals) that provide a general framework to understand the world, themselves, and others. The Global Meaning Violation Scale (GMVS), consisting of 13 items and three subscales (belief violations, intrinsic goal violations and extrinsic goal violations), assesses violation in global meaning after exposure to a traumatic or stressful life event. In the present study, GMVS was translated into Turkish, and the psychometric properties of the scale were examined in a sample of 564 adult sample. Similar to the original form of the scale, the GMVS Turkish form consists of three factors. In order to evaluate the validity of the scale, the relationship between the SAM, DASS-21, PTSD Checklist-Civilian, perceived stressfulness of the event and the total score of GMVS and its subscales scale was examined. As a result of psychometric analyses, findings supporting the concurrent, distinctive, and incremental validity of the scale were obtained. It is found that the Turkish version of GMVS has satisfactory internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Cronbach alpha coefficients of the whole scale, GMVS-Beliefs, GMVS-Intrinsic and GMVS-Extrinsic were found to be .85, .77, .79 and .87 respectively; the test-retest reliabilities were found to be .79, .79, .68 and .66, respectively. The results showed that the Turkish form of the GMVS is a valid and reliable scale. Keywords Global Meaning Violation Scale, global meaning, validity, reliability

scholarly journals People as Means to Multiple Goals: Implications for Interpersonal Relationships

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 1487-1501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Orehek ◽  
Amanda L. Forest ◽  
Sara Wingrove
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Close Relationships ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Multiple Goals ◽  
Relationship Partners ◽  
Goal Pursuits ◽  
Consistent Support

The present research examines the implications of having relationship partners who serve as means to multiple goals. Specifically, we test the hypotheses that (a) partners who serve more goals will be evaluated as more interpersonally close, supportive, and responsive than those who serve fewer goals, and (b) partners who serve more goals will be less common in social networks than those who serve fewer goals. Three studies ( N = 1,064) found consistent support for these hypotheses while examining relationships with all members of participants’ active social network and their full range of goal pursuits. In addition, we found that the association between number of goals a partner serves and relationship evaluation is stronger for people who perceived their social networks as less (vs. more) instrumental on average, and among people who perceived their relationships as less close, less supportive, and less responsive, on average. Implications for close relationships are discussed.

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