Making Goal Pursuit Effective: Expectancy-Dependent Goal Setting and Planned Goal Striving
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Setting Goals 129 Effective Goal Setting: The Strategy of Mental Contrasting 129 Empirical Evidence 130 Mechanisms of Mental Contrasting 132 Summary 135 Implementing Set Goals 135 The Distinction Between Goal Intentions and Implementation Intentions 135 Implementation Intentions and Solving Problems of Goal Striving 136 Summary 139 An Intervention to Facilitate Effective Goal Pursuit: Combining Mental Contrasting and Implementation Intentions (MCII) 139 Effects on Health Behavior in Middle-Aged Professional Women 140 Increasing Self-Discipline and Self-Esteem in College Students 140 Summary 141 Conclusion 142 References 142
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