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How self-awareness is connected to less experience of action crises in personal goal pursuit

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: In this research, we applied a differential perspective to the study of action crises , i.e., being in an intra-psychic decisional conflict whether to pursue or abandon a goal once difficulties in its pursuit arise. In two studies, we investigated the role of individuals’ levels of self-awareness when experiencing such action crises. Both among professional ballet dancers (daily diary, Study 1) and university undergraduates (preregistered experience sampling, Study 2), individuals with greater levels of (dispositional and situational) self-awareness showed an adaptive, that is, problem-solving oriented way of dealing with difficulties in the pursuit of their (training or study) goals. As a consequence, self-awareness contributed to less experience of action crisis during goal pursuit and, as a result, led to better goal performance.

Source: Motivation and Emotion

DOI: 10.1007/s11031-022-09942-5

Authors: Antonia Kreibich, Benjamin Mario Wolf, Martin Bettschart, Mirjam Ghassemi, Marcel Herrmann, Veronika Brandstätter

Institution: University of Zurich

Language: English

Topic: Behavioral Health and Interventions

Subfield: Applied Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,890

Funders: National Science Foundation, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Stiftung Suzanne und Hans Biäsch zur Förderung der Angewandten Psychologie, Universität Zürich