Effects of plan specificity and eveningness–morningness orientation on health goal pursuit

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayati Sinha ◽  
Fang‐Chi Lu
Keyword(s):  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Health Goal

Health goals among American adults: Prevalence, characteristics, and barriers

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1350-1355
Author(s):  
Marina Milyavskaya ◽  
Daniel Nadolny
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Implementation Intentions ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
Health Goal ◽  
Actual Use ◽  
Reported Health

Although numerous factors have been demonstrated in laboratory settings to lead to more successful health goal attainment, their actual use in daily goal pursuit is unknown. This study examines spontaneously reported health goals and their characteristics in a sample of 557 American adults. Participants responded to questions about health and health goals, with items assessing motivation, social support, and implementation intentions. In all, 66 percent of respondents had a health goal, 26 percent of participants had implementation intentions, and 47 percent received support from close others. Results suggest that interventions should focus on encouraging goal setting, teaching implementation intentions, and educating close others in providing support.

Women’s Self-Relevant Goal Pursuit in the Presence of Physical Pain: An Intraindividual Variability Approach

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelbie G Turner ◽  
Karen Hooker ◽  
Robert S Stawski
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Intraindividual Variability ◽  
Personal Goals ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
Goal Progress ◽  
Identity Processes ◽  
Health Goal ◽  
Age Related

Abstract Objectives Pursuing personal goals that are relevant to one’s sense of self is important for adjusting to age-related changes. Experiences of physical pain, however, are thought to threaten both people’s sense of self and their pursuit of personal goals. Although a majority of older women experience physical pain, little is known about their day-to-day regulation of their self-relevant goals in the presence of physical pain. The objectives of this study were to explore associations between physical pain and health goal pursuit on a daily basis for women who identified health as a part of their possible selves. Methods We took an intraindividual variability approach to analyze whether there were within- and between-person differences in associations between daily pain and daily health goal progress among 62 women who provided data over the course of 100 days, yielding 4,150 occasions of data. Results At the between-person level, women with higher pain on average had lower health goal pursuit on average. At the within-person level, days of higher-than-average pain were associated with lower same-day health goal progress. Discussion Our results suggest that pain interrupts regulation of a self-relevant goal at a within-person—not just between-person—daily level. Future work should consider how these daily, within-person, disruptions affect broader identity processes and overall well-being.

Big Picture, Bad Outcomes: When Visual Perspectives Harm Health Goal Pursuit

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Stornelli ◽  
Beatriz Pereira ◽  
Richard Vann
Keyword(s):  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Health Goal ◽  
Big Picture

scholarly journals THE WITHIN-PERSON COUPLING OF HEALTH GOAL PURSUIT AND AFFECT OVER 100 DAYS

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 1183-1183
Author(s):  
S. Choun ◽  
K.A. Hooker ◽  
S.T. Mejia
Keyword(s):  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Health Goal

scholarly journals Does Personal Goal Pursuit Alleviate Family Caregiver Stress?

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 277-278
Author(s):  
Shelbie Turner ◽  
Karen Hooker
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Spousal Caregivers ◽  
Personal Goals ◽  
Social Goal ◽  
Daily Stress ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Health Goal ◽  
Daily Data

Abstract Family caregivers may experience reduced stress by maintaining their sense of self throughout their time in a caregiving role. Working towards personal goals is helpful for maintaining a sense of self, but pursuing one’s own goals amidst caregiving responsibilities may be challenging. In this study, we analyze the processes by which caregivers pursue their own personal goals – and how those processes impact daily stress – in an effort to develop a deeper understanding of goal-pursuit as a potential caregiver stress-reducing strategy. We utilized daily data from spousal (N=256 days) and adult-child (N=400 days) caregivers who participated in the PULSE (Personal Understandings of Life and Social Experiences) Project, a 100-day microlongitudinal study on goal pursuit amongst people 50 and older (Hooker et al., 2013). In daily surveys, caregivers reported progress made towards a personally-identified health and social goal, along with a 4-item measure of daily stress. We ran multi-level models to assess how daily goal progress was associated with same-day stress. Spousal caregivers’ daily stress was lower on days when their health goal (Estimate = -1.07, SE = 0.20, p<.0001) and social goal (Estimate = -0.97, SE = 0.15, p<.0001) progress was higher. Similarly, adult-child caregivers’ daily stress was lower on days when their health goal (Estimate = -0.67, SE = 0.19, p<.001) and social goal (Estimate = -0.52, SE 0.24, p=0.03) progress was higher. Results support the hypothesis that maintaining personally-meaningful goals can alleviate caregiver stress, and is a promising tool for caregiver health promotion.

Distanced Self-Talk Enhances Goal Pursuit to Eat Healthier

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 366-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celina R. Furman ◽  
Ethan Kross ◽  
Ashley N. Gearhardt
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategy ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Food Choices ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Future Research ◽  
First Person ◽  
Health Goal ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
Self Talk ◽  
Control Tool

Attempts to make healthier food choices often fail, particularly for people who are actively trying to diet. Distanced self-talk—using one’s name and non-first-person-singular pronouns (vs. first-person pronouns) to reflect on the self—provides a relatively effortless self-control tool that enhances goal pursuit. We investigated whether distanced (vs. immersed) self-talk would enhance goal pursuit to eat healthier using a novel experimental design ( N = 244). Findings indicated that dieters benefited the most from the combined use of distanced self-talk and a health prime. Nondieters made healthier choices when using distanced self-talk regardless of whether they were primed with a health goal or not. These findings suggest that distanced self-talk may constitute a self-control strategy that encourages healthier eating and highlight the need for future research to examine its translational potential.

Big Picture, Bad Outcomes: When Visual Perspectives Harm Health Goal Pursuit

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 368-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Stornelli ◽  
Beatriz Pereira ◽  
Richard J. Vann
Keyword(s):  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Health Goal ◽  
Big Picture

Less Power, Greater Conflict

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra C. Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
High Power ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Goal Conflict ◽  
Personal Goals ◽  
Multiple Goals ◽  
Objective Performance ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

Abstract. Power facilitates goal pursuit, but how does power affect the way people respond to conflict between their multiple goals? Our results showed that higher trait power was associated with reduced experience of conflict in scenarios describing multiple goals (Study 1) and between personal goals (Study 2). Moreover, manipulated low power increased individuals’ experience of goal conflict relative to high power and a control condition (Studies 3 and 4), with the consequence that they planned to invest less into the pursuit of their goals in the future. With its focus on multiple goals and individuals’ experiences during goal pursuit rather than objective performance, the present research uses new angles to examine power effects on goal pursuit.

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