Exercise Goal Pursuits of Tourists at Exercise Oriented Tourism Resorts

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.

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

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ◽

10.1177/0146167221997630 ◽

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.

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Commentaries on "The 'What' and 'Why' of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior"

Psychological Inquiry ◽

10.1207/s15327965pli1104_02 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 269-318 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Keyword(s):

The Self ◽

Self Determination ◽

Human Needs ◽

Goal Pursuits

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Changes in students’ goal pursuits and motivational regulations toward healthy behaviors during the pandemic: A Self-Determination Theory perspective

Psychology of Sport and Exercise ◽

10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102131 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 102131

Author(s):

Behzad Behzadnia ◽

Elaheh Alizadeh ◽

Leen Haerens ◽

Mohammad Taghi Aghdasi

Keyword(s):

Self Determination Theory ◽

Self Determination ◽

Healthy Behaviors ◽

Goal Pursuits

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A daily process analysis of short -term physical activity goal pursuits in midlife: Changes in goal processes, physical activity, and subjective well -being

10.33915/etd.2921 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Eric A. Goedereis

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Process Analysis ◽

Well Being ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Short Term ◽

Physical Activity Goal ◽

Daily Process ◽

Goal Pursuits

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People as Means to Multiple Goals: Implications for Interpersonal Relationships

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ◽

10.1177/0146167218769869 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 44 (10) ◽

pp. 1487-1501 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

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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