Professional and peer life coaching and the enhancement of goal striving and well-being: An exploratory study

By Gordon B. Spence, Adam M. Grant. 2007

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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The differential effects of solution‐focused and problem‐focused coaching questions: a pilot study with implications for practice (2010, background): “…Limited, ISSN 0019-7858 DOI 10.1108/00197851011026090 Anthony M. Grant and Sean A. O’Connor are both based at the Coaching Psychology Unit, School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. and performance in the coachee’s professional and/or personal life (Spence and Grant, 2007).”
Evidence-based coaching: Flourishing or languishing? (2007, background): “…have indicated that life coaching can improve, indeed facilitate goal attainment and reduce anxiety and stress (Grant, 2003a), enhance psychological and subjective wellbeing (Green et al., 2006; Spence & Grant, 2007) and resilience, while reducing depression, stress or anxiety (Green et al., 2007).”
Coaching with self-determination theory in mind: Using theory to advance evidence-based coaching practice (2011, background): “The coaching process can be understood as a selfregulatory cycle that commences with the establishment of a goal, the articulation of an action plan and participation in an ongoing reflective cycle based on actions taken between one coaching session and the next (Spence & Grant, 2007).”
Executive coaching enhances goal attainment, resilience and workplace well-being: a randomised controlled study (2009, background): “…research, a number of studies have found that life coaching in non-work settings can reduce anxiety, stress or depression, enhance hope, well-being and resilience and facilitate goal attainment (e.g., Grant, 2003; Green, Oades, & Grant, 2006; Green, Grant, & Rynsaardt, 2007; Spence & Grant, 2007).”
Evidence‐Based Life Coaching for Senior High School Students (2007, background): “It is noteworthy, however, that recent research ( Spence & Grant, in press; Sue-Chan & Latham (2004) has found that, in an adult sample, peer coaching was not as effective as a professionally-trained coach.”
From GROW to GROUP: theoretical issues and a practical model for group coaching in organisations (2010, methodology): “An outline of the GROW model is provided in Table 1 (adapted from Spence & Grant, 2007 ).”
Autonomy support, relationship satisfaction and goal focus in the coach–coachee relationship: which best predicts coaching success? (2014, background): “The early 2000s also saw the emergence of more quantitative randomised studies of coaching outcomes (e.g., Grant, Curtayne, & Burton, 2009; Gyllensten & Palmer, 2005; Miller, Yahne, Moyers, Martinez, & Pirritano, 2004; Spence & Grant, 2007).”
The Working Alliance in Coaching (2015, background): “This leads to an active and self-dependent role of the client during the coaching sessions: The client’s activeness is essential for the coaching process (Spence & Grant, 2007).”
The State of Play in Coaching Today: A Comprehensive Review of the Field (2010, methodology): “…terms Randomised controlled study (a) Coaching group; (b) Waitlist control group Coaching increased cognitive hardiness, mental health and hope Spence & Grant (2007) * 63 adults (community sample) took part in SF-CB life coaching program Randomised controlled study (a) Professional coaching…”
Positive psychology interventions: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies (2013, unknown): “Intensity varied considerably across studies, ranging from a short one-day exercise [70] and a two-week self-help intervention [65] to intensive therapy [51,82,83] and coaching [33,81].”