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Goal constructs in psychology: Structure, process, and content.
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“Goal characteristics refer to ways of describing goals, including: goal content, life domains, importance, difficulty, attainability, intrinsic/extrinsic, and temporal range[8].”
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“The basic assumption is that the strength of a person’s intention determines respective accomplishments (Austin & Vancouver, 1996; Gollwitzer & Moskowitz, 1996; Oettingen & Gollwitzer, 2001; Sheeran, 2002).”
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- Authors
- Austin, J. T., & Vancouver, J. B.
- Affiliations
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Venue
- Psychological Bulletin
- Published
- 1996-11
- Volume
- 120
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 338-375
- ISSN
- 0033-2909 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1455
- OpenAlex
- W2075289001
- Semantic Scholar
- 0539efa59c31b4c9b22f866f1b3c65eedb554856
- Cited by
- 2,319
- References
- 474
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 23.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cognitive and psychological constructs research
- Keywords
- goal setting, goal structure, goal content, motivation, achievement motivation
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