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The Psychology of Goals
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 561

The Psychology of Goals

Bringing together leading authorities, this tightly edited volume reviews the breadth of current knowledge about goals and their key role in human behavior. Presented are cutting-edge theories and findings that shed light on the ways people select and prioritize goals; how they are pursued; factors that lead to success or failure in achieving particular aims; and consequences for individual functioning and well-being. Thorough attention is given to both conscious and nonconscious processes. The biological, cognitive, affective, and social underpinnings of goals are explored, as is their relationship to other motivational constructs.

Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 520

Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology

Is behavior motivated? And if so, can it be motivated by the anticipation of future events? What role does cognition play in such motivational processes? And, further, what role does motivation play in ongoing cognitive activity? Questions such as these provide the foundation for this book, originally published in 1989. More specifically, the chapters in this book address the question of the utility of goals concepts in studying motivation and social cognition.

Life Goals and Well-being
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 248

Life Goals and Well-being

...in this book for the first time, results are presented from researchers around the world on which goals actually help to lead to happiness and thus to physical and mental wellbeing

Goal Systems Theory
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 329

Goal Systems Theory

The book investigates how the mental organization of goals impacts the motivation to pursue them, overcome obstacles to them, experience intrinsic motivation and flow, and even engage in extreme and risky behavior.

The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 323

The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-06-05
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Since ancient times, character, virtue, and happiness have been central to thinking about how to live well. Yet until recently, philosophers have thought about these topics in an empirical vacuum. Taking up the general challenge of situationism – that philosophers should pay attention to empirical psychology – this interdisciplinary volume presents new essays from empirically informed perspectives by philosophers and psychologists on western as well as eastern conceptions of character, virtue, and happiness, and related issues such as personality, emotion and cognition, attitudes and automaticity. Researchers at the top of their fields offer exciting work that expands the horizons of empirically informed research on topics central to virtue ethics.

Working with Goals in Psychotherapy and Counselling
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 225

Working with Goals in Psychotherapy and Counselling

Recent evidence has shown that the successful setting of goals brings about positive outcomes in psychological therapy. Goals help to focus and direct clients' and therapists' attention in therapeutic work. They also engender hope and help energise clients. No longer are clients victims of their circumstances, but through goal setting they become people who have the potential to act towards and achieve their desired futures. Through the discussing and setting of goals, clients develop a deeper insight into what it is that they really want in life: a crucial first step towards being able to get there. Recent policies in both child and adult mental health services have supported the use of goa...

Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7E
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 680

Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7E

This text provides a comprehensive view of sport and exercise psychology with the latest research on grit, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, cultural diversity, substance abuse, exercise adherence, ethics, professional issues, and transitions in sport.

New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 690

New Developments in Goal Setting and Task Performance

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This book concentrates on the last twenty years of research in the area of goal setting and performance at work. The editors and contributors believe goals affect action, and this volume will have a lineup of international contributors who look at the recent theories and implications in this area for IO psychologists and human resource management academics and graduate students.

Psychological Management of Individual Performance
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 540

Psychological Management of Individual Performance

Psychological Management of Individual Performance is a unique combination of contributions from an academic and a practitioner for each topic. Leading international authors come together in this integrative and comprehensive handbook, to combine academic research findings and to provide detailed practice-relevant information, on subjects such as performance concepts, work design, cognitive ability and personality as predictors of performance, performance appraisal and potential analysis, goal setting, training, mentoring, reward systems, strategic HRM as well as broader issues such as well-being and organizational culture. This Handbook is a valuable resource for researchers, academics and advanced students in psychology and related fields; as well as consultants, practitioners and professionals in HR, who want to contribute to the enhancement and maintenance of high individual performance.

Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 755

Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology

This text provides a comprehensive view of sport and exercise psychology, with the latest research on mental health of athletes, effects of COVID-19 on athletes, mindfulness, legalized gambling, psychological issues surrounding the 2020 Olympic Games, and drug controversies.