Unfulfilled Goals Interfere with Other, Unrelated Pursuits

Evidence of an automatic tendency to think about and attend to one's unfulfilled goals led us to examine whether unfulfilled goals can distract from other, unrelated pursuits. In three studies, we manipulated goal frustration or goal failure in an initial task and then measured pursuit of an os...

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Other Authors: Masicampo, E. J. (authoraut)
Format: Others
Language:English
English
Published: Florida State University
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Online Access:http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-2680