Goal conflict in retirement: Implications for satisfaction, goal pursuit, and health

Less Power, Greater Conflict

Social Psychology ◽

10.1027/1864-9335/a000327 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 47-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

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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Attachment Styles, Negotiation of Goal Conflict, and Perceived Partner Support During COVID-19

10.31234/osf.io/p529w ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Laura Marika Vowels ◽

Katherine Carnelley

Keyword(s):

Attachment Styles ◽

Daily Diary ◽

Goal Pursuit ◽

Attachment Anxiety ◽

Partner Support ◽

Goal Conflict ◽

Multiple Sources ◽

Attachment Avoidance ◽

Sources Of Support ◽

The Relationship

Due to the pandemic, people have been stuck indoors with their partners for months. Instead of being able to rely on multiple sources of support, many couples have to rely on each other more. We investigated whether goal conflict, successful negotiation of the conflict, and individual differences in attachment styles were associated with partner support to understand factors that may enable or hinder goal pursuit during the pandemic. Participants (n=200) completed a daily diary for a week and weekly longitudinal reports for five weeks. Results showed that higher goal conflict was associated with perception of less relational catalyst (RC) support and more anti-RC support from partner, whereas more successful negotiation of goal conflict was associated with higher RC support and lower anti-RC support. Negotiation of goal conflict also partially mediated the association between goal conflict and support. Attachment avoidance was directly associated with less support whereas attachment anxiety moderated the relationship between goal conflict and support. Implications for partner support during the pandemic are discussed.

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