Self-regulation of goal setting: turning free fantasies about the future into binding goals.

By G. Oettingen, Hyeon-ju Pak, Karoline Schnetter. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2001

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, General Decision Sciences

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Strategies of setting and implementing goals: Mental contrasting and implementation intentions (2010, background): “For example, in one study, freshmen enrolled in a vocational school for computer programming (Oettingen et al., 2001, Study 4) first indicated their expectations of excelling in mathematics.”
Self-efficacy Feelings Moderate Implementation Intention Effects (2010, background): “Conversely, strategies can be applied that are effective in influencing a moderator variable of implementation intentions without requiring the automatic effects of implementation intentions (eg, goal-setting trainings to ensure high goal commitment and motivation; see Oettingen, Pak, & Schnetter, ”
The Context-Sensitive Future Self: Possible Selves Motivate in Context, Not Otherwise (2015, background): “Considering their positive future identities undermines students’ goal-relevant choices (unless at the same time current obstacles to attaining their future self are considered; Oettingen et al., 2001).”
Self-Regulation Through Goal Setting (2011, unknown): “The individual has time-inconsistent preferences in the sense of Strotz (1955). A present bias causes current payoffs to be more salient than future payoffs.”
How regulatory fit enhances motivational strength during goal pursuit (2004, background): “As another example, Oettingen, Pak, and Schnetter (2001) show that mentally contrasting positive fantasies about a desired goal with one’s current discrepancy from the goal increases motivational strength for goals with high expectancies, and decreases motivational strength for goals with low expe”
Planning promotes goal striving. (2011, background): “This mental strategy, spelled out in Oettingen's (2000; Oettingen et al., 2001) theory of fantasy realization, has been referred to as mental contrasting .”
Implementation intentions in the entrepreneurial process: concept, empirical findings, and research agenda (2018, background): “A further point relating to the effectiveness of implementation intentions concerns combining them with mental contrasting (Oettingen 2012; Oettingen et al. 2001).”
Weakness of the will: Is a quick fix possible? (2014, background): “Mental contrasting (Oettingen 2000; Oettingen et al. 2001) implies juxtaposing fantasies about desired future outcomes with obstacles of present reality.”
Future thought and behaviour change (2012, methodology): “…a balance between work and family life (Oettingen, 2000), studying abroad and acquiring a second language (Oettingen, Hönig, & Gollwitzer, 2000; Oettingen et al., 2001; Oettingen et al., 2005; Oettingen et al., 2009), pursuing self-improvement goals and increasing tolerance (Oettingen et al.,…”