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dc.contributor.authorNtoumanis, Nikos
dc.contributor.authorHealy, L.
dc.contributor.authorSedikides, C.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, A.
dc.contributor.authorDuda, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:35:59Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:35:59Z
dc.date.created2014-10-14T00:55:08Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationNtoumanis, N. and Healy, L. and Sedikides, C. and Smith, A. and Duda, J. 2014. Self-Regulatory Responses to Unattainable Goals: The Role of Goal Motives. Self and Identity. 13 (5): pp. 594-612.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23201
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/15298868.2014.889033
dc.description.abstract

Does motivation for goal pursuit predict how individuals will respond when confronted with unattainable goals? Two studies examined the role of autonomous and controlled motives when pursuing an unattainable goal without (Study 1) or with (Study 2) the opportunity to reengage in alternative goal pursuit. Autonomous motives positively predicted the cognitive ease of reengagement with an alternative goal when the current goal was perceived as unattainable, especially whenparticipants realized goal unattainability relatively early during goal striving. Autonomous motives, however, were negative predictors of cognitive ease of disengagement from an unattainable goal. When faced with failure, autonomously motivated individuals are better off realizing early the goal unattainability. Otherwise, they will find it difficult to disengage cognitively from the pursued goal(despite reengaging cognitively in an alternative goal), possibly due to interfering rumination.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.titleSelf-Regulatory Responses to Unattainable Goals: The Role of Goal Motives
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume13
dcterms.source.number5
dcterms.source.startPage594
dcterms.source.endPage612
dcterms.source.issn1529-8868
dcterms.source.titleSelf and Identity
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curtin.departmentSchool of Psychology
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.contributor.orcidNtoumanis, Nikos [0000-0001-7122-3795]


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