Mental Contrasting and Transfer of Energization

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Mental Contrasting and Transfer of Energization. / Sevincer, A. Timur; Busatta, P. Daniel; Oettingen, Gabriele.
In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 40, No. 2, 01.02.2014, p. 139-152.

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Sevincer AT, Busatta PD, Oettingen G. Mental Contrasting and Transfer of Energization. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2014 Feb 1;40(2):139-152. doi: 10.1177/0146167213507088

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abstract = "Mental contrasting a desired future with present reality is a self-regulation strategy that fosters energization in line with a person's expectations of successfully attaining the desired future. We investigated whether physiological energization (measured by systolic blood pressure) elicited by mental contrasting a desired future of solving a given task transfers to effort in an unrelated task. As predicted, mental contrasting a desired future of excelling in an intelligence test (Study 1) and of writing an excellent essay (Study 2) triggered changes in energization that translated into physical effort in squeezing a handgrip (Study 1) and translated into mental effort in writing a get-well letter (Study 2). Results suggest that mental contrasting of solving one task triggers energization that may fuel effort for performing an unrelated task. Implications for intervention research are discussed.",
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