Mental Contrasting and Goal Commitment: The Mediating Role of energization
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In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 5, 05.2009, p. 608-622.
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T1 - Mental Contrasting and Goal Commitment
T2 - The Mediating Role of energization
AU - Oettingen, Gabriele
AU - Mayer, Doris
AU - Sevincer, Timur
AU - Stephens, Elizabeth J.
AU - Pak, Hyeon-ju
AU - Hagenah, Meike
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - Mentally contrasting a desired future with present reality is a self-regulation strategy that leads to goal commitment in line with a person's expectations of success. One possible mediator variable of these effects is level of energization. In Study 1, energization assessed by physiological measures was found to mediate the effect of mental contrasting on goal commitment. In Study 2, feelings of energization, as assessed by self-report, mediated the effect of mental contrasting on goal commitment as gauged by performance on an acute stress paradigm (giving a talk in front of a camera). Results imply that when expectations of success are high, mental contrasting provides the level of energy needed to commit to realizing desired futures.
AB - Mentally contrasting a desired future with present reality is a self-regulation strategy that leads to goal commitment in line with a person's expectations of success. One possible mediator variable of these effects is level of energization. In Study 1, energization assessed by physiological measures was found to mediate the effect of mental contrasting on goal commitment. In Study 2, feelings of energization, as assessed by self-report, mediated the effect of mental contrasting on goal commitment as gauged by performance on an acute stress paradigm (giving a talk in front of a camera). Results imply that when expectations of success are high, mental contrasting provides the level of energy needed to commit to realizing desired futures.
KW - Energization
KW - Expectations
KW - Fantasies
KW - Mental contrasting
KW - Self-regulation
KW - Psychology
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U2 - 10.1177/0146167208330856
DO - 10.1177/0146167208330856
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 35
SP - 608
EP - 622
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
SN - 0146-1672
IS - 5
ER -