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dc.contributor.authorRiddell, Hugh
dc.contributor.authorSedikides, C.
dc.contributor.authorGucciardi, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorJackson, B.
dc.contributor.authorThogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie
dc.contributor.authorNtoumanis, Nikos
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-28T03:05:13Z
dc.date.available2024-11-28T03:05:13Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.citationRiddell, H. and Sedikides, C. and Gucciardi, D.F. and Jackson, B. and Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C. and Ntoumanis, N. 2023. Motives and Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions Predict Progress and Management of Goals in Parents. Motivation Science. 9 (2): pp. 144-155.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96435
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/mot0000290
dc.description.abstract

Parents must rapidly adapt goals from various aspects of their lives to accommodate the demands of the early stages of parenthood. According to the self-concordance model, having autonomous goal motives (based on enjoyment or personal goal value) should foster effective self-regulation (e.g., coping strategies), better goal management, and increase the likelihood of goal attainment, compared to controlled motives (goals driven by demands/pressures). Metacognitive techniques, such as mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII), can also facilitate goal regulation. We used experience sampling over 1 month to study goal striving in parents (N = 103). We investigated how motives and spontaneously occurring features of MCII (i.e., mental imagery, reflection on obstacles, implementation intention planning) predict three key self-regulatory coping strategies: exerting effort, disengaging, and modifying/adjusting goals to make them attainable. We examined whether these strategies influenced relations between motives and goal progress, intergoal facilitation, and interference between parenting/competing life goals. Autonomous motives and MCII-like features were positively associated with effort coping, which in turn was related to goal progress and facilitation. Additionally, in individuals with high controlled motives, MCII-like features positively predicted increased adjustment of competing life goals. Goal adjustment positively predicted differences in intergoal facilitation. Results indicate that exerting effort and adjusting goals are effective strategies for attaining and managing multiple goals. Both goal motives and MCII-like features are associated with the use of these strategies. The findings suggest that parents will benefit from selecting autonomously motivated goals and using MCII-like features to manage parenting and other competing life goals.

dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101555
dc.titleMotives and Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions Predict Progress and Management of Goals in Parents
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume9
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage144
dcterms.source.endPage155
dcterms.source.issn2333-8113
dcterms.source.titleMotivation Science
dc.date.updated2024-11-28T03:05:13Z
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Copyright © American Psychological Association, 2023. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at: https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000290

curtin.departmentCurtin School of Population Health
curtin.departmentCurtin School of Allied Health
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
curtin.contributor.orcidThogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie [0000-0003-0255-1263]
curtin.contributor.orcidNtoumanis, Nikos [0000-0001-7122-3795]
curtin.contributor.orcidGucciardi, Daniel [0000-0001-5448-3990]
curtin.contributor.orcidRiddell, Hugh [0000-0001-8218-7822]
curtin.contributor.researcheridNtoumanis, Nikos [B-7317-2011] [P-5801-2019]
curtin.contributor.researcheridGucciardi, Daniel [E-4934-2010]
dcterms.source.eissn2333-8121
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridThogersen-Ntoumani, Cecilie [9333116700]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridNtoumanis, Nikos [6604054863]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridGucciardi, Daniel [22940511600]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridRiddell, Hugh [56741049600]
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