Attaining personal goals: Self-concordance plus implementation intentions equals success.

Koestner, Richard; Lekes, Natasha; Powers, Theodore A.; Chicoine, Emanuel

doi:10.1037/0022-3514.83.1.231

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

2002

DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.83.1.231

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Attaining personal goals: Self-concordance plus implementation intentions equals success.

Richard Koestner

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Natasha Lekes

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Theodore A. Powers

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et al.

Abstract: The present article includes separate meta-analyses showing that self-concordance and implementation intentions are significantly positively associated with goal progress. Study 1 confirmed the positive relations of both self-concordance and implementation intentions to weekend goal progress. Study 2 confirmed the positive relation of self-concordance with monthly progress on New Year's resolutions but failed to find a direct benefit for implementation intentions. Both studies, however, obtained a significant … Show more

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“…This indicates that planning is an effective strategy to overcome low behavioral intentions regardless of past behavior. Our results contradict the theoretical assumption and the results of previous studies indicating that high intention strength is a prerequisite for effective planning interventions (Koestner et al, 2002;. Planning thus seems to be an effective strategy to overcome a lack of intention at least in the short run.…”

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confidence: 95%

Effects of a planning intervention on physical activity behavior in an RCT: Intention strength as moderator and action planning, coping planning, and coping self-efficacy as mediators.

Pfeffer

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Strobach

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2019

Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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“…This indicates that planning is an effective strategy to overcome low behavioral intentions regardless of past behavior. Our results contradict the theoretical assumption and the results of previous studies indicating that high intention strength is a prerequisite for effective planning interventions (Koestner et al, 2002;. Planning thus seems to be an effective strategy to overcome a lack of intention at least in the short run.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 95%

Effects of a planning intervention on physical activity behavior in an RCT: Intention strength as moderator and action planning, coping planning, and coping self-efficacy as mediators.

Pfeffer

¹

,

Strobach

²

2019

Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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“…The better the users of the app performed, the better they felt after logging activities as done or failed. This confirmation of H3 is intuitive and in line with a larger body of literature [15,16].…”

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How to Conquer One’s Weaker Self: Do Autonomy Affordance Increase Goal Performance and Well-being?

Gimpel

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Nüske

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Regal

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2021

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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“…Progressing and ultimately attaining selfconcordant goals constitutes a rewarding experience and has a range of benefits for psychological health. Our results are in line with the two previous meta-analyses of the SCM literature Koestner et al, 2002), which found similar-sized positive relations between self-concordance and goal progress. Furthermore, in the primary model we extended the original formulation of the SCM in two ways by including maladaptive goal-regulatory processes (e.g., goal ambivalence) and ill-being, alongside adaptive processes (e.g., goal engagement) and well-being that are already included in the original model.…”

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Goal Motives, Approach/Avoidance Appraisals, Psychological Needs, and Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Sezer¹,

Riddell²,

Gucciardi³

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Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.

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