The self-concordance model (SCM) examines the entire sequence from goal inception to
attainment and presents a framework for how outcomes vary based on the quality of …

Personal goals are central to the attainment of well-being because they organize people's
lives and help them to realize visions for their future. However, not every goal is …

Reasons for pursuing self-set goals have been linked to well-being. The present article
examines the link between autonomous goal regulation (the why of goal pursuit) and well …

Introduction Individual differences in dealing with unattainable goals or resource-
consumptive goal pursuit are conceptualized as goal adjustment processes in three …

While research on tenacious goal pursuit and persistence has evoked a myriad of research
efforts, research on goal disengagement has rather been neglected and has been focusing …

Students had to adjust their goals during the sudden shift to online teaching amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic. This study with 613 university students identified four multidimensional …

This commentary discusses the theoretical roots of the concept of goal disengagement in the
construct of secondary control, the motivational theory of lifespan development, the dual …

Although persistence and tenacity in goal pursuit are often vaunted, at times, it is also critical
to walk away from or give up one's goals. Indeed, research over the past two decades has …

We propose and test the goal breakthrough model (GBM), which combines stage models of
the creative process and of goal-functioning to explain where new ideas for action come …

Our commentary highlights the importance of the present special issue on disengagement
from goals. The various contributions focus on as vital topics as people vexed by goals …