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Know Your Preferences: Self-Regulation as Need-Congruent Goal Selection
Grund, Axel; Fries, Stefan; Rheinberg, Falko
2018In REVIEW OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY, 22 (4), p. 437-451
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Keywords :
goal pursuit; motivation; self-regulation; volition
Abstract :
[en] Theory and research on self-regulation is dominated by a social-cognitive perspective that places an emphasis on postdecisional (i.e., volitional) control processes of goal-maintenance in response to dual-motive conflict. In the current contribution, we focus on research on self-regulation that acknowledges the affective fundamentals of motivated action, and we highlight processes of goal selection as vital parts of self-regulation. From our perspective of motivational competence, affective and cognitive processes work together rather than oppose each other in self-regulation, rendering effortless rather than effortful goal pursuit as the hallmark of efficient human action. A precondition for such motive- and self-congruent goal pursuits is that individuals have insight into their basic preferences and (can) act accordingly. Therefore, we address capacities, such as mindfulness, which may take effect in predecisional (i.e., motivational) action phases, thereby determining all subsequent action processes.
Disciplines :
Social & behavioral sciences, psychology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Grund, Axel  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing (LUCET)
Fries, Stefan;  Bielefeld Univ, Dept Psychol, POB 10 01 31, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany.
Rheinberg, Falko;  Univ Potsdam, Dept Psychol, Potsdam, Germany.
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Know Your Preferences: Self-Regulation as Need-Congruent Goal Selection
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
REVIEW OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN :
1089-2680
Publisher :
Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks, Unknown/unspecified
Volume :
22
Issue :
4
Pages :
437-451
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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