Approach and Avoidance Goals and Plans: Their Relationship to Anxiety and Depression

By J. Dickson, A. MacLeod. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 2004

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Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, and Depression: Evidence in Favor of a Revised Goal Theory Framework (2005, result): “Although most studies failed to demonstrate cognitive differences between depression-prone and nonvulnerable individuals (e.g., Barnett & Gotlib, 1988), little attention has been given to emotional and motivational factors preceding a stressor (e.g., Dickson & MacLeod, 2004).”
Professional Image Maintenance: How Women Navigate Pregnancy in the Workplace (2015, background): “Avoidance-related strategies or behaviors amplify the distance between one’s current state and negative attributions; they focus on avoiding punishment and aversive experiences and are linked to negative feelings and evaluations (Dickson & MacLeod, 2004; Elliot & Sheldon, 1998).”
A systematic review of the relationship between rigidity/flexibility and transdiagnostic cognitive and behavioral processes that maintain psychopathology (2018, methodology): “For example, Varese, Mansell, and Tai (2017) used a modified version of the goal task (Dickson & MacLeod, 2004) with additional questions to enable participants to access important superordinate (higher level) goals that related to voices.”