Turning Fantasies About Positive and Negative Futures into Self-Improvement Goals

By G. Oettingen, D. Mayer, J. Thorpe, H. Janetzke, Solvig Lorenz. 2005

120 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. G. Oettingen
2. Peter M. Gollwitzer
3. Andreas Kappes
4. K. Strauss
5. Henrik Singmann
6. Sharon K. Parker
7. Uta K. Bindl
8. P. Sheeran

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Sharon K. Parker
2. Peter M. Gollwitzer
3. Andreas Kappes
4. G. Oettingen
5. K. Strauss
6. Henrik Singmann
7. Uta K. Bindl
8. Arnold B. Bakker

Citations in the corpus

• The emergence of goal pursuit: Mental contrasting connects future and reality (2014, background): “Importantly, in these studies, mental contrasting did not change the expectations of success itself; rather it made them relevant for goal pursuit (Oettingen et al., 2001, 2005).”
• Future thought and behaviour change (2012, background): “…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., 2005), and reducing or stopping cigarette consumption (Oettingen, Mayer, & Thorpe, 2010).”
• Strategies of setting and implementing goals: Mental contrasting and implementation intentions (2010, background): “Moreover, because these plans emerge during mental contrasting (Oettingen et al., 2001, Study 1; Oettingen et al., 2005, Study 2), they qualify as a cognitive mechanism responsible for the effects of mental contrasting on goal attainment.”
• Mental contrasting instigates goal pursuit by linking obstacles of reality with instrumental behavior (2012, methodology): “In previous research, mental contrasting instigated expectancydependent planning how to attain the desired future (Oettingen et al., 2001, 2005).”
• Making Things Happen: A Model of Proactive Motivation (2010, methodology): “In an application of fantasy realization theory (Oettingen et al., 2005), Rank and Bayas (2008) found that dwelling about the future (i.e., ruminating about obstacles to future success) impaired innovative action.”