The Importance of Goal Disengagement in Adaptive Self-Regulation: When Giving Up is Beneficial

By C. Wrosch, M. Scheier, C. Carver, Richard Schulz. 2003

620 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. D. Oyserman
2. Crystal L. Park
3. C. Wrosch
4. Login S. George
5. Alexander Freund
6. M. Scheier
7. M. van Gelderen
8. C. Carver

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. D. Oyserman
2. C. Wrosch
3. Alexander Freund
4. C. Carver
5. M. Scheier
6. M. van Gelderen
7. Crystal L. Park
8. Richard Schulz

In Social Psychology

1. D. Oyserman
2. Login S. George
3. C. Wrosch
4. Crystal L. Park
5. Alexander Freund
6. M. van Gelderen
7. M. Scheier
8. C. Carver

Citations in the corpus

• Adaptive Self-Regulation of Unattainable Goals: Goal Disengagement, Goal Reengagement, and Subjective Well-Being (2003, background): “This process includes the identification of alternative goals, the infusion of those goals with value, and the initiation of activities directed toward goal attainment (all aspects of what we have discussed elsewhere under the rubric of goal reengagement) (Wrosch et al., 2003).”
• Meaning in Life as Comprehension, Purpose, and Mattering: Toward Integration and New Research Questions (2016, background): “Being able to effectively adjust goals is thought to be crucial for well-being (Wrosch et al., 2003a).”
• Self-Regulation of Normative and Non-Normative Developmental Challenges1 (2001, methodology): “In such a situation, self-regulatory skills related to goal adjustment can be expected to facilitate the adaptation to the critical life event [Wrosch et al., 2000].”
• Perseverance Strategies for Enterprising Individuals (2012, background): “Effective self-regulation entails not only tenacity, but also adaptability and pro-activeness (Bateman and Crant, 1999; Pulakos et al., 2000), and the ability to disengage (Carver and Scheier, 1998, 2005; Wrosch et al., 2003).”
• Social Identity and Self-Regulation (2007, positive): “This negative assessment of one’s current state and future possibilities may trigger disengagement from the goal, either because one no longer sees the goal as possible or one no longer feels competent to engage in relevant goal pursuit activities (Bandura, 2001; Wrosch, Scheier, & Carver, 2003).”