...Lea Moersdorf; Moritz M. Daum; Alexandra M. Freund; Jasmine M DeJesus Goals are an intensely studied concept in various research areas within psychology. They can be defined as cognitive representations of means-ends relations. The relative focus on the means or the ends (i.e., goal focus) can vary...

...Zoë Francis; Aravinth Jebanesan; Michael Inzlicht; William McAuliffe The asymmetry hypothesis of counteractive control theory suggests that—at least for successful self-regulators—exposure to temptations facilitates the accessibility of goal-related cognitive constructs, whereas exposure to goals...

...Johanna Peetz; Marina Milyavskaya; Mariya Davydenko; M. Brent Donnellan; M. Brent Donnellan When working towards goals, the length and frequency of goal pursuit sessions might play a role in individuals’ goal pursuit motivation. We examined whether a more divided (frequent, shorter sessions...

...Rita M. Ludwig; Sanjay Srivastava; Elliot T. Berkman; Brent Donnellan Goal pursuit outcomes are partly caused by the way people think about goals. Specific patterns of thought can increase the likelihood of goal achievement, such as generating heuristics to automate goal-related decision making...