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Personal Goal Formation

Personal Goal Formation is a psychological process that involves the systematic identification, selection, and articulation of desired future outcomes by an individual, distinguishing it from related goal-setting mechanisms through its emphasis on intrapersonal motivation, self-regulation, and autonomously derived objectives.

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2017–2026

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The scaffolded mind: Higher mental processes are grounded in early experience of the physical world

Lawrence E. Williams, Julie Y. Huang, John A. Bargh · European Journal of Social Psychology · 2009 · 388 citations

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Explaining the Stages of Migration within a Life-course Framework

Stefanie Kley · European Sociological Review · 2010 · 289 citations

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Metacognitive awareness and academic motivation and their impact on academic achievement of Ajman University students

Rasha Mohamed Abdelrahman · Heliyon · 2020 · 209 citations · Full text

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Evidence that user-generated content that produces engagement increases purchase behaviours

Edward C. Malthouse, Bobby J. Calder, Su Jung Kim et al. · Journal of Marketing Management · 2016 · 207 citations

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Goal‐Derived Categories: The Role of Personal and Situational Goals in Category Representations

S. Ratneshwar, Lawrence W. Barsalou, Cornelia Pechmann et al. · Journal of Consumer Psychology · 2001 · 198 citations

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Authors

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  1. JN
    Jari‐Erik Nurmi

    University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    3 publications · 161 citations

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  2. KS
    Katariina Salmela‐Aro

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    3 publications · 161 citations

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  3. RK
    Richard Koestner

    McGill University, Canada

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  4. AF
    Ayelet Fishbach

    University of Chicago, United States

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  5. VB
    Veronika Brandstätter

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    2 publications · 121 citations

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Institutions

129

  1. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    101 citations

  2. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    450 citations

  3. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    259 citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    122 citations

  5. University of Liège

    Liège, Belgium

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    137 citations

  6. Universität Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    569 citations

  7. Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

    Hrodna, Belarus

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    230 citations

  8. National Research Mordovia State University

    Saransk, Russia

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    690 citations

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  1. Journal of Family Psychology

    JFP · 3 publications · 174 citations

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  2. Motivation and Emotion

    3 publications · 162 citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Psychology

    3 publications · 390 citations

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  4. European Journal of Social Psychology

    EJSP · 2 publications · 459 citations

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  5. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    2 publications · 201 citations

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