Brandstätter-Morawietz
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Antecedents and Consequences of Action Crises | ||
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| Original title / Originaltitel | Bedingungen und Konsequenzen von Handlungskrisen | ||
| Summary / Zusammenfassung | Commitment to and disengagement from goals are an important research issue in motivational and volitional psychology since both are important aspects of successful goal-striving (Brandstätter, 2003; Gollwitzer, 1990, 1999; Klinger, 1977; Kuhl, 2001; Wrosch et al., 2003). Models of goal-striving and self-regulation posit that after a goal intention (commitment to a goal) has been formed, volitional mechanisms are triggered that support successful goal-striving. Little is known, however, about the disengagement from goals as it is implicitly assumed that self-regulatory processes are tuned according the situational requirements and that goal-striving will run smoothly until the goal is reached. However, goal-striving is sometimes hampered by recurring difficulties and severe setbacks leaving the individual stuck between the conflicting tendencies of further striving for the goal or disengaging from it. This “action crisis” is the focus of the present theoretical analysis. It is reasoned that an action crisis might be the initial phase of goal disengagement. On the basis of a cost-benefit model of goal-striving and disengagement (Brandstätter, 2003) correlational and experimental studies analyze the antecedent conditions for action crises and their effect on cognition as well as affective and physical well-being. | ||
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| Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch |
No project-specific funding |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Jan 2009 to Dec 2009 |