Looking Forward: The Effect of the Best-Possible-Self Intervention on Thriving Through Relative Intrinsic Goal Pursuits
Journal of Happiness Studies, ISSN: 1573-7780, Vol: 20, Issue: 5, Page: 1379-1395
2019
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Article Description
How do positive interventions work? We hypothesized that an increase in the importance individuals place on intrinsic rather than extrinsic goal pursuits (relative intrinsic goal pursuits; RIGP) explains the effectiveness of the best possible self (BPS) intervention. We randomized 128 mainly female psychology undergraduates to perform either the BPS intervention or a daily activities control. We assessed thriving (comprehensive inventory of thriving) and RIGP (Aspiration Index) before, immediately after, and 2 weeks after the intervention. Results from a cross-lagged panel design path analysis indicate that the BPS intervention effectively increased thriving (r =.11, p =.010). However, RIGP do not mediate the intervention effect (95% CI [− 0.01, 0.01]). Our results challenge predictions derived from self-determination theory. We suggest that future studies test goal ambivalence as a mediator.
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85049093174&origin=inward; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-018-9999-6; http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10902-018-9999-6; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10902-018-9999-6.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-018-9999-6/fulltext.html; https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-018-9999-6; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-018-9999-6
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