Future thought and behaviour change

By G. Oettingen. 2012

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

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Pragmatic Prospection: How and Why People Think about the Future (2016, methodology): “…(Bandura, 1997; Taylor, 1989), it can be helpful for effort and success; however, when it comes in the form of sheer positive fantasies and daydreams, it saps energy (Kappes & Oettingen, 2011; Kappes, Oettingen, & Mayer, 2012; Kappes, Schwörer, & Oettingen, 2012; Oettingen & Mayer, 2002).”
Effective regulation of affect: An action control perspective on emotion regulation (2012, background): “…intention effects are augmented when participants first engage in the process of mental contrasting (i.e., contrast a desired future with obstacles from the present reality that stand in the way; Oettingen, 2012; Oettingen, Mayer, Sevincer, Pak, & Hagenah, 2009; Oettingen, Pak, & Schnetter, 2001).”
Weakness of the will: Is a quick fix possible? (2014, background): “It seems important therefore to establish strong goal commitments (e.g., by asking people to engage in mental contrasting of their wishes; Oettingen 2012) and make it clear to people that the given situational context calls for acting on the goal.”
Social value orientation moderates the effects of intuition versus reflection on responses to unfair ultimatum offers (2017, background): “This method of planning out how to respond when encountering an obstacle for goal achievement is known in psychology as “mental contrasting with implementation intentions” (Gollwitzer, 1999; Oettingen, Pak, & Schnetter, 2001; Oettingen, Wittchen, & Gollwitzer, 2013; Oettingen, 2012); it enables peop”
Social cognitive theory and physical activity: Mechanisms of behavior change, critique, and legacy (2019, background): “Finally, a growing body of work has highlighted that when people both envision their desired goals for behavioral achievement against the barriers they need to overcome, in a process known as ‘mental contrasting’ (Oettingen, 2012), this self-regulatory strategy has been found to be particularly”
The emergence of goal pursuit: Mental contrasting connects future and reality (2014, methodology): “…weeks was needed (Kappes, Oettingen, & Pak, 2012; Kappes, Singmann, & Oettingen, 2012; Oettingen, 2000; Oettingen, Mayer, Thorpe, Janetzke, & Lorenz, 2005; Oettingen et al., 2001, 2009; Oettingen, Mayer, Stephens, & Brinkmann, 2010; Oettingen, Mayer, & Thorpe, 2010; summary by Oettingen, 2012).”
Self-Control and Grit (2014, background): “With respect to interventions, the proposed framework implies that self-control is a skill or capacity, which, like other skills and capacities, might be improved with training and practice (Diamond, 2012; Mischel, 2014; Oettingen, 2012).”
Self-regulation of time management: mental contrasting with implementation intentions (2015, background): “In contrast to most research on MCII (Oettingen, 2012), the present participants were not”
Self-Control in School-Age Children (2014, background): “For example, simply fantasizing about the realization of future goals does not motivate action toward their realization (Oettingen, 2012; Taylor, Pham, Rivkin, & Armor, 1998).”
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).”