Personal goals and emotional well-being: The moderating role of motive dispositions
Personal goals and emotional well-being: The moderating role of motive dispositions
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DOI:
10.1037/0022-3514.75.2.494
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发表时间:
1998-08-01
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
Grassmann, R
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作者:
Brunstein, JC;Schultheiss, OC;Grassmann, R
Two studies examined the importance of motive dispositions in determining the extent to which the pursuit of personal goals accounts for interindividual differences in emotional well-being. Within the domains of agency and communion, motives were assessed with a picture-story test, whereas self-report measures were used to assess goal attributes. Study 1 found that progress toward motive congruent goals, in contrast to progress toward motive-incongruent goals, accounted for students' daily experiences of emotional well-being. Study 2 found that the combination of high commitment to and high attainability of motive-congruent goals predicted an increase in students' emotional wellbeing over 1 semester. In contrast, high commitment to motive-incongruent goals predicted a decline in emotional well-being. Results are discussed with reference to a 2-system approach to human motivation.