The Effects of Goal Origin and Implementation Intentions on Goal Commitment,Effort, and Performance |
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| Authors: | Eunjin Seo Erika A Patall Marlone D Henderson Rebecca R Steingut |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA;2. Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA |
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| Abstract: | Self-set goals, selected by students for themselves, have known motivational benefits leading to increased autonomy and intrinsic motivation. In spite of the motivational benefits, students often fail to accomplish self-set goals because they lack the social motivator ascribed to assigned goals. The purpose of this research was to investigate methods of increasing students' commitments to self-set goals using implementation intentions: plans for when, where, and how to work toward a goal. The results of two studies revealed that implementation intentions increased students' performance on self-set goals relative to assigned goals through enhanced goal commitment and effort. Our findings suggest that the positive effects of self-set goals are greater when they are coupled with implementation intentions. |
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| Keywords: | Effort goal commitment goal origin goal setting implementation intentions motivation performance |
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