The DOI matches its Crossref record; 11 of the 11 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.
Attaining personal goals: Self-concordance plus implementation intentions equals success.
Abstract
The present article includes separate meta-analyses showing that self-concordance and implementation intentions are significantly positively associated with goal progress. Study 1 confirmed the positive relations of both self-concordance and implementation intentions to weekend goal progress. Study 2 confirmed the positive relation of self-concordance with monthly progress on New Year's resolutions but failed to find a direct benefit for implementation intentions. Both studies, however, obtained a significant interaction effect indicating that goal self-concordance and implementation intentions combined synergistically to facilitate goal progress. The article also reports a meta-analysis and results from the 2 studies that demonstrated that goal progress was associated with improved affect over time.
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“These scales have been previously shown to be psychometrically sound (Koestner, Lekes, Powers, & Chicoine, 2002; Sheldon & Elliot, 1998; Sheldon & Houser-Marko, 2001).”
From Commitment to a purpose in life: An antidote to the suffering by individuals with social anxiety disorder. (2013) · cites this paper as Koestner, Lekes, Powers, & Chicoine, 2002
Citations
Cites
The "what" and "why" of goal pursuits: Human needs and the self-determination of behavior
Deci, E. L., & Ryan, R. M. (2000) · Psychological Inquiry · doi:10.1207/s15327965pli1104_01 · Cited by 34,210
Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales.
Watson, D., Clark, L. A., & Tellegen, A. (1988) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.54.6.1063 · Cited by 32,433
Social Cognitive Theory: An Agentic Perspective
Bandura, A. (2001) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.1 · Cited by 15,510
Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress.
Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Lucas, R. E., & Smith, H. L. (1999) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.125.2.276 · Cited by 12,910
In search of how people change: Applications to addictive behaviors.
Prochaska, J. O., DiClemente, C. C., & Norcross, J. C. (1992) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.47.9.1102 · Cited by 8,596
Deci, E. L., Koestner, R., & Ryan, R. M. (1999) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.125.6.627 · Cited by 7,176
Self-citationImplementation intentions: Strong effects of simple plans.
Gollwitzer, P. M. (1999) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/0003-066x.54.7.493 · Cited by 5,478
Goal striving, need satisfaction, and longitudinal well-being: The self-concordance model
Sheldon, K. M., & Elliot, A. J. (1999) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.76.3.482 · Cited by 2,541
Goal constructs in psychology: Structure, process, and content.
Austin, J. T., & Vancouver, J. B. (1996) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.120.3.338 · Cited by 2,319 · cited 3×
“As in many previous studies ( Austin & Vancouver, 1996 ), commitment and efficacy were both positively related to goal progress in our studies.”
BackgroundResultInfluentialImplementation intentions and effective goal pursuit.
Gollwitzer, P. M., & Brandstätter, V. (1997) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.73.1.186 · Cited by 1,343
Flagged first, then by citations
Research works printed but not linked: 40
- 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199912)29:8<971::AID-EJSP963>3.0.CO;2-A · DOI
- 10.1037/0003-066X.44.9.1175 · DOI · Paper page
- 10.1207/s15327965pli0701_1 · DOI · Paper page
- 10.1037/0022-3514.81.5.946 · DOI · Paper page
- 10.1037/0022-3514.65.5.1061 · DOI
- 10.1037/0022-3514.75.2.494 · DOI
- 10.1016/0092-6566(85)90023-6 · DOI
- Deci, 2001, Extrinsic rewards and intrinsic motivation in education: Reconsidered once again., Review of Educational Research, 71, 1, 10.3102/00346543071001001 · DOI · Paper page
- 10.1037/0022-3514.47.5.1105 · DOI
- 10.1037/0022-3514.68.5.926 · DOI
- 10.1037/0022-3514.62.2.292 · DOI · Paper page
- Gollwitzer, 1996, The volitional benefits of planning., 287
- 10.1037/0022-3514.56.4.531 · DOI
- 10.1207/s15327957pspr0202_5 · DOI · Paper page
- 10.1037/0022-0663.81.2.143 · DOI · Paper page
- Heckhausen, 1986, Why some time out might benefit achievement motivation research., 7
- 10.1007/BF00992338 · DOI
- Hedges, 1985, Statistical methods for meta-analysis.
- Johnson, 1993, DSTAT 1.10: Software for the meta-analytic review of literatures.
- Joussemet. 2001 · DOI
- 10.1111/1467-6494.00030 · DOI
- 10.1002/1099-0992(200011/12)30:6<873::AID-EJSP22>3.0.CO;2-U · DOI
- Kuhl, 1998, Decomposing self-regulation and self-control: The volitional components inventory., 15
- 10.1037/0894-4105.15.1.80 · DOI · Paper page
- Little, 1993, Personal projects and the distributed self: Aspects of a conative psychology., Vol. 4, 157
- Marlatt, 1972, Self-initiated attempts to change behavior: A study of New Year resolution's., Psychological Reports, 30, 123, 10.2466/pr0.1972.30.1.123 · DOI
- McClelland, 1988, Human motivation., 10.1017/CBO9781139878289 · DOI · Paper page
- 10.1037/0022-3514.74.2.494 · DOI
- 10.1016/0306-4603(89)90050-6 · DOI
- 10.1016/S0883-0355(00)00046-X · DOI
- 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2000.tb02823.x · DOI
- Orbell, 1997, Implementation intentions and the theory of planned behavior., Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 23, 945, 10.1177/0146167297239004 · DOI
- Prochaska, 1994, Changing for good.
- 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1995.tb00501.x · DOI · Paper page
- Ryan, 1996, All goals are not created equal: An organismic perspective on the nature of goals and their regulation., 7
- 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199903/05)29:2/3<349::AID-EJSP931>3.0.CO;2-Y · DOI
- Sheldon, 1998, Not all personal goals are personal: Comparing autonomous and controlled reasons as predictors of effort and attainment., Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 546, 10.1177/0146167298245010 · DOI · Paper page
- 10.1037/0022-3514.68.3.531 · DOI
- Sheldon, 1998, Pursuing personal goals: Skills enable progress, but not all progress is beneficial., Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1319, 10.1177/01461672982412006 · DOI · Paper page
- 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0992(199908/09)29:5/6<591::AID-EJSP948>3.0.CO;2-H · DOI
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Implementation intentions and goal achievement: a meta-analysis of effects and processes
Gollwitzer, P. M., & Sheeran, P. (2006) · Advances in Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/s0065-2601(06)38002-1 · Cited by 3,236
“…54 1.42 Koestner, Downie, Horberg, and Hata (2002a) Personal goals 106 .39 Koestner, Lekes, Powers, and Chicoine (2002b) Study 1 Personal goals 106 .39 Koestner et al. (2002b) Study 2 New Year resolutions 38 .32 Koole and Van’t Spijjker (2000) Write a report 80 .75 Lengfelder and Gollwitzer…”
BackgroundInfluentialA self-determination theory approach to psychotherapy: The motivational basis for effective change.
Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2008) · Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne · doi:10.1037/a0012753 · Cited by 629
Towards a theory of intentional behaviour change: Plans, planning, and self‐regulation
Sniehotta, F. F. (2009) · British Journal of Health Psychology · doi:10.1348/135910708x389042 · Cited by 437
How do implementation intentions promote goal attainment? A test of component processes
Webb, T. L., & Sheeran, P. (2007) · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2006.02.001 · Cited by 414
Birrer, D., Röthlin, P., & Morgan, G. (2012) · Mindfulness · doi:10.1007/s12671-012-0109-2 · Cited by 352
Metadata
- Authors
- Koestner, R., Lekes, N., Powers, T. A., & Chicoine, E.
- Affiliations
- McGill University (CA)
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 2002-07
- Volume
- 83
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 231-244
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W1968426257
- Cited by
- 526
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 42 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 33 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 14 · 2012: 33
- FWCI
- 11.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Keywords
- self-concordance, implementation intentions, goal progress, goal achievement, New Year's resolutions, goal commitment
- MeSH terms
- Achievement, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Goals, Humans, Male, Self Concept, Intention
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
