Unconflicted goal striving: Goal ambivalence as a mediator between goal self-concordance and well-being.

Autor/inn/en	Koletzko, Svenja H.; Herrmann, Marcel; Brandstätter, Veronika
Titel	Unconflicted goal striving: Goal ambivalence as a mediator between goal self-concordance and well-being. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Konfliktlose Zielverfolgung: Zielambivalenz als ein Mediator zwischen zielbezogener Selbstkonkordanz und Wohlbefinden.
Quelle	In: Personality and social psychology bulletin, 41 (2015) 1, S. 140-156 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-1672; 1552-7433
DOI	10.1177/0146167214559711
Schlagwörter	Bildungsanspruch; Eigenschaft; Wohlbefinden; Zufriedenheit; Motivation; Leben; Ambivalenz; Ziel; Zielorientierung
Abstract	This research introduces low goal ambivalence as a relevant correlate of goal self-concordance. In three studies, the hypothesis was tested that university freshmen's ambivalence toward the goal of completing their degree mediates the effect of goal self-concordance on subjective well-being. In Studies 1 and 2, differences in goal ambivalence accounted for effects of goal self-concordance on concurrent life satisfaction and affect at the end of the freshman year. Study 3 evidenced a longitudinal mediation effect of goal ambivalence on 1-year postentry increases in life and study satisfaction, which were explained through perceptions of goal progress at the end of the freshman year. Decomposing self-concordance into autonomous and controlled motivation revealed nonredundant parallel effects for both subcomponents. These results point to ambivalence as a significant experience in goal pursuit and suggest that it represents an additional explanatory variable in the self-concordance model of goal striving and longitudinal well-being. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2026/3