A large-scale experiment on New Year's resolutions: Approach-oriented goals are more successful than avoidance-oriented goals.

Despite the popularity of New Year's resolutions, current knowledge about them is limited. We investigated what resolutions people make when they are free to formulate them, whether different resolutions reach differing success rates, and whether it is possible to increase the likelihood of a r...

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Main Authors: Martin Oscarsson, Per Carlbring, Gerhard Andersson, Alexander Rozental
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234097