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Where Do Self-Concordant Goals Come From? The Role of Domain-Specific Psychological Need Satisfaction

Milyavskaya, Marina, Nadolny, Daniel, Koestner, Richard·2014·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
DOI 10.1177/0146167214524445
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Previous research has shown that self-concordant goals are more likely to be attained. But what leads someone to adopt a self-concordant goal in the first place? The present research addresses this question by looking at the domains in which goals are set, focusing on the amount of psychological need satisfaction experienced in these domains. Across three experimental studies, we demonstrate that domain-related need satisfaction predicts the extent to which people adopt self-concordant goals in a given domain, laying the foundation for successful goal pursuit. In addition, we show that need satisfaction influences goal self-concordance because in need-satisfying domains people are both more likely to choose the most self-concordant goal (among a set of comparable choices), and are more likely to internalize the possible goals. The implications of this research for goal setting and pursuit as well as for the importance of examining goals within their broader motivational framework are discussed.

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Authors
Milyavskaya, M., Nadolny, D., & Koestner, R.
Affiliations
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • University of Waterloo (CA)
  • McGill University (CA)
ORCID
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2014-03-13
Volume
40
Issue
6
Pages
700-711
ISSN
  • 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7433
DOI
10.1177/0146167214524445
OpenAlex
W2138561988
Semantic Scholar
3b9b9c6d1beb1a1c6f3f3ea686864da2e02e1dc4
Cited by
85
References
53
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 1
FWCI
10.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Human Behavior and Motivation
Keywords
goal setting, psychological need satisfaction, goal pursuit, goal internalization, goal choice, self-determination theory, motivation

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