Today's episode will be covering on the kinds of goals you can set up for 2024 and you will learn more about the differences between approach-oriented and avoidance-oriented goals, and how these goals affect how much you would commit to achieving it.
Link to the various articles mentioned:
Elliot, A. J. & Friedman, R. (2007). Approach-avoidance: A central characteristic of personal goals. In B. R. Little, K. Salmela-Aro, & S. D. Phillips (Eds.), Personal project pursuit: Goals, actions, and human flourishing (pp. 97-118). Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
Elliot, A. J. & Sheldon, K. M. (1997). Avoidance achievement motivation: A personal goals analysis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 171-185.
Oscarsson, M., Carlbring, P., Andersson, G., & Rozental, A. (2020). A large-scale experiment on New Year's resolutions: Approach-oriented goals are more successful than avoidance-oriented goals. PloS one, 15(12), e0234097. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234097
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- Show
- FrequencyUpdated Weekly
- PublishedDecember 23, 2023 at 8:34 AM UTC
- Length4 min
- RatingClean