Goal adjustment ability predicts magnitude of emotional and physiological responses to an unsolvable anagram task |
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| Institution: | 1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;3. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;2. Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;4. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;5. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington;1. CERGE-EI, Czech Republic;2. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom;3. University of Toronto, Canada;1. Key Laboratory of Transplant Engineering and Immunology, NHFPC; Regenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China;2. Animal Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, PR China;3. Department of Obstetrics, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu, PR China;4. National Center for Safety Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, PR China;5. Department of Physiology, Building 13F, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia;1. State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China;2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China;3. Imaging Diagonsis and Interventional Center, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China |
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| Abstract: | Individuals differ in their ability to disengage from unattainable goals (goal disengagement, GD) and reengage in other activities (goal reengagement, GR). Existing studies examining GD and GR abilities are limited by cross-sectional design and reliance on self-reported measures. The present study employed an experimental paradigm using an anagram solving task to examine whether self-reported and behaviorally observed GD and/or GR abilities relate to emotional, heart-rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) reactivity. Results show no significant association between self-reported GD and time to disengage from unsolvable anagrams. However, self-reported GR predicted persistence behavior during unsolvable anagrams. Higher self-reported GR ability and longer behavioral persistence on unsolvable trials related to more positive affect before and during the task. Self-reported GD was associated with higher baseline HR and a tendency towards lower HR reactivity in response to unsolvable anagrams. While findings did not provide criterion-related validity to the GD measure, they do show self-reported GD and GR abilities may be relevant in the emotional and physiological consequences experienced during challenging goal pursuits. |
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