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Personal Goal Systems

Personal Goal Systems is a theoretical framework within the domain of long-term goal research that specifies the structured interplay between individual aspirations, self-regulatory mechanisms, and temporal planning processes to guide persistent goal-directed behavior.

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159

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2017–2026

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Self-evaluative and self-efficacy mechanisms governing the motivational effects of goal systems.

Albert Bandura, Daniel Cervone · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1983 · 1.5K citations

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Be careful what you wish for: Optimal functioning and the relative attainment of intrinsic and extrinsic goals.

Tim Kasser, Richard M. Ryan · 2001 · 486 citations

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Context, self, and action: A motivational analysis of self-system processes across the life span.

James P. Connell · 1990 · 347 citations

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Systems of Goals, Attitudes, and Self-related Beliefs in Second-Language-Learning Motivation

Judit Kormos, Thom Kiddle, Kata Csizér · Applied Linguistics · 2011 · 330 citations

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Self-regulation of motivation and action through internal standards and goal systems.

Albert Bandura · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1989 · 318 citations

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Authors

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  1. PK
    Paul Karoly

    Arizona State University, United States

    8 publications · 391 citations

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  2. KS
    Katariina Salmela‐Aro

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    6 publications · 294 citations

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  3. KM
    Kennon M. Sheldon

    University of Missouri, United States

    4 publications · 725 citations

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  4. JN
    Jari‐Erik Nurmi

    University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    4 publications · 81 citations

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  5. RK
    Richard Koestner

    McGill University, Canada

    4 publications · 213 citations

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Institutions

159

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    577 citations

  2. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    226 citations

  3. University of Jyväskylä

    Jyväskylä, Finland

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    111 citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    657 citations

  6. Knox College

    Galesburg, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    819 citations

  7. New York University

    New York, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    177 citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Human Development

    Berlin, Germany

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    299 citations

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  1. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    6 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. Motivation and Emotion

    5 publications · 188 citations

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  3. Journal of Research in Personality

    4 publications · 309 citations

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  4. Personality and Individual Differences

    4 publications · 168 citations

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  5. Nursing Science Quarterly

    NSQ · 3 publications · 209 citations

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