Rightly crossing the Rubicon: Evaluating goal self-concordance prior to selection helps people choose more intrinsic goals |
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| Affiliation: | 1. International laboratory of positive psychology of personality and motivation, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia;2. Wake Forest University, United States;3. University of Missouri, United States.;1. University of California, Irvine, United States;2. University of Arizona, United States;1. Department of Psychiatry, Center for Behavior Genetics of Aging, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA;2. Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, CA, USA;3. Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA;4. Institute for Behavior Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA;5. Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA;1. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany;2. Department of Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany;3. Psychology Program, Division of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates;1. Center for Child and Family Success, Arizona State University, United States;2. Department of Psychology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, United States |
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| Abstract: | We studied how people “cross the Rubicon” when making personal goal selections. In Studies 1 and 2 participants rated the self-concordance of four candidate goals, two with intrinsic and two with extrinsic content, before selecting two goals to actually pursue. Intrinsic goal content predicted higher self-concordance, as did matching between goal content and participant values and motives. Self-concordance in turn explained participants’ actual goal-selections. In longitudinal Study 2, intrinsic goal selection predicted increased well-being. In experimental Study 3, participants randomly assigned to rate candidate goals prior to selection made more intrinsic selections on average, compared to those not afforded this opportunity. We conclude that considering one’s motivations for various candidate goals prior to selecting among them can improve one’s goal choices. |
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| Keywords: | Self-concordance Personal goals Action phases Decision processes |
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