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Implementation intentions and goal achievement: a meta-analysis of effects and processes
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“Also, as reviewed by Gollwitzer and Sheeran (2006), adapting specific implementation intentions (“if-then”-plans rather than overall goal intentions) may have a strong effect on goal attainment.”
From How Study Environments Foster Academic Procrastination: Overview and Recommendations (2020) · cites this paper as Gollwitzer and Sheeran, 2006
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“For women with, or at risk of GDM, bridging this intention–behaviour gap is likely to require specific action planning alongside concise, credible and condition‐relevant guidance [53, 54].”
From Preconception Perceptions, Knowledge and Behaviours of Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Qualitative Study (2026) · cites this paper as [53]
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“One encourages people to form realistic, concrete plans for how to implement their new health-related goals in specific situations (Gollwitzer & Sheeran 2006).”
From The Psychology of Change: Self-Affirmation and Social Psychological Intervention (2014) · cites this paper as Gollwitzer & Sheeran 2006
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“Gollwitzer and Sheeran (2006) found that implementation intentions had a positive effect on improving goal attainment in terms of achievements, relationships, and health, with a medium to large effect size [Cohen' d = 0.65 (95% CI = 0.6, 0.7)].”
From A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Mental Contrasting With Implementation Intentions on Goal Attainment (2021) · cites this paper as Gollwitzer and Sheeran (2006)
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“Studies show that implementing study intentions and plans enhances self-regulation and performance (Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006;Schwinger & Otterpohl, 2017).”
From The Potential of Exam Wrappers in Higher Education Assessment Practice: Fostering Self-Efficacy Through Guided Self-Reflection (2025) · cites this paper as Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006
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“we synthesized the evidence across these studies, as implementation intentions are considered a domain‐general self‐regulation strategy applicable to a wide range of goals.”
From The effectiveness of implementation intentions in children: A systematic review and meta‐analysis (2026) · cites this paper as Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006
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“As recently reported in a meta-analysis, implementation intentions facilitate the attainment of all kinds of goals (e.g., academic, health, and interpersonal goals; Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006).”
From Implementation Intentions Facilitate Response Inhibition in Children with ADHD (2008) · cites this paper as Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006
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“We focus on the strategy of temporal planning for self-control because previous research suggests that planning goal pursuit facilitates goal outcomes (Gollwitzer, 1993, 1999; Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006; Webb & Sheeran, 2003, 2006).”
Hoskins, G., Abhyankar, P., Taylor, A., Duncan, E., Sheikh, A., Pinnock, H., Pol, M. M. V. D., Donnan, P. T., & Williams, B. (2013) · Trials · doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-289 · Cited by 10
“However, goal setting reflects only one of the processes involved in the self-management process [26].”
BackgroundInfluentialBehavioral Ethics Meets Legal Ethics
Robbennolt, J. K. (2015) · Annual Review of Law and Social Science · doi:10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-120814-121631 · Cited by 11
Taking threats to the lab: Introducing an experimental paradigm for studying verbal threats.
Geurts, R., Granhag, P. A., Ask, K., & Vrij, A. (2016) · Journal of Threat Assessment and Management · doi:10.1037/tam0000060 · Cited by 10
“Research shows that individuals who form implementation intentions more often initiate goal striving and achieve their goals (Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006).”
BackgroundA portable mnemonic to facilitate checking for cognitive errors
Chew, K. S., van Merriënboer, J. J. G., & Durning, S. J. (2016) · BMC Research Notes · doi:10.1186/s13104-016-2249-2 · Cited by 10
“Implementation intentions are the cognitive “if–then” steps that serve to bridge the intention-implementation gap [13, 14].”
BackgroundInfluentialThe Science of Habit CREATING DISRUPTIVE AND STICKY BEHAVIOR CHANGE IN HANDWASHING BEHAVIOR
Neal, D. T. (2015) · Cited by 12
Radtke, T., & Scholz, U. (2016) · Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie · doi:10.1026/0943-8149/a000161 · Cited by 10
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“The MAP has already informed innovations around implementation intentions, a now well-established tool for promoting behaviour change including physical activity (Bélanger-Gravel, Godin, & Amireault, 2013; Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006).”
MethodSelf-citationCigarette tax rates, behavioral disengagement, and quit ratios among daily smokers
Ferrer, R. A., Orehek, E., Scheier, M. F., & O'Connell, M. E. (2018) · Journal of Economic Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.joep.2018.03.005 · Cited by 10
“…may combat disengagement involves facilitating implementation intentions (i.e., “if… then” plans that anticipate obstacles and identify strategies to overcome them) (Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006), which can be incorporated into policies designed to facilitate smoking cessation (Rothman et al., 2015).”
Evaluating the Effects of a Brief Tobacco Intervention in the US Air Force
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Gladwin, T. E., Jewiss, M., Banic, M., & Pereira, A. (2020) · Acta Psychologica · doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2020.103066 · Cited by 10
The Science of Behavior Change: The Road Ahead
Hagger, M. S., Cameron, L. D., Hamilton, K., Hankonen, N. E., & Lintunen, T. (2020) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/9781108677318.046 · Cited by 13
Thürmer, J. L., Wieber, F., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2020) · Frontiers in Psychology · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.561388 · Cited by 11
Self-citationDeraas, T., Hopstock, L. A., Henriksen, A., Morseth, B., Sand, A.-S., Njølstad, I., Pedersen, S., Sagelv, E. H., Johansson, J., & Grimsgaard, S. (2021) · Pilot and Feasibility Studies · doi:10.1186/s40814-021-00921-0 · Cited by 10
Semantic and ontological structures of psychological attributes
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France, C. R., France, J. L., Himawan, L. K., Fox, K. R., Livitz, I. E., Ankawi, B., Slepian, P. M., Kowalsky, J. M., Duffy, L., Kessler, D. A., et al. (2021) · Transfusion · doi:10.1111/trf.16577 · Cited by 10
“15–18 To promote donor autonomy, we used a postdonation intervention informed by both motivational interviewing and action planning principles.(19,20) In two prior studies, we demonstrated that a post-donation motivational interview designed to promote autonomy with respect to future donation planning significantly in…”
MethodHigh construal level enhances perceived self-control capacity in intrinsic but not extrinsic goals
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Instant habits versus flexible tenacity: Do implementation intentions accelerate habit formation?
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Entrepreneurial intention acknowledgment in sustainable entrepreneurship: An exploratory study
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“…al., 2011; Oliveira & Rua, 2018), due to many reasons, among which the conditioning factors that can be controlled by the individual or that are extraneous, but that completely change the initial situation in which he/she was when he/she had the intention to undertake (Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006).”
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“Laboratory studies show that specifying the ‘if ’ component of an implementation intention enhances the accessibility of critical situations and that linking ‘if ’ with ‘then’ automates the response specified in the ‘then’ component (Gollwitzer and Sheeran 2006).”
BackgroundInfluentialZhang, H., Chan, D. K. ‐., & Guan, Y. (2013) · Basic and Applied Social Psychology · doi:10.1080/01973533.2013.764298 · Cited by 10
“A large body of empirical evidence has been accumulated in support of the beneficial effect of implementation intentions on goal attainment (see Gollwitzer & Sheeran, 2006, for a review).”
BackgroundInfluentialA boxing-oriented exercise intervention for obese adolescent males: findings from a pilot study.
Shultz, S. P., Stoner, L. R., Lambrick, D., & Lane, A. M. (2014) · Europe PMC (PubMed Central) · Cited by 10
Metadata
- Authors
- Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Sheffield (GB)
- Venue
- Advances in Experimental Social Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 69-119
- ISSN
- 0065-2601 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1818536883
- Cited by
- 3,236
- References
- 166
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 243.46
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- nbn-resolving.de
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- Advances in experimental social psychology (publishedVersion)
- KOPS (University of Konstanz) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Keywords
- implementation intentions, goal achievement, goal pursuit, self-regulation, goal-directed behavior
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