Action crisis and cost–benefit thinking: A cognitive analysis of a goal-disengagement phase

Brandstätter, Veronika; Schüler, Julia (2013). Action crisis and cost–benefit thinking: A cognitive analysis of a goal-disengagement phase. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 49(3), pp. 543-553. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jesp.2012.10.004

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The present research is based on the notion that disengagement from goals is not a discrete event but a process (Klinger, 1975). A critical phase in this process is when difficulties and setbacks in striving for a goal accumulate. This critical phase is termed here as an action crisis. Given the profound effects that people's thoughts have on their self-regulatory efficiency, it is essential to understand the cognitive correlates of an action crisis. In two experimental lab and two correlational field studies, the hypothesis that goal-related costs and benefits become cognitively highly accessible during an action crisis was tested and supported. Participants who were experiencing an action crisis in such diverse goal areas as intimate relationships, sports, and university studies, thought about goal-related costs and benefits more intensively and frequently in comparison to participants who were not in an action crisis. In an incidental learning task they recognized more of cost–benefit-items and less of implementation-items than the control group. Results are interpreted in terms of action phase specific mindsets (Gollwitzer, 1990, 2012).

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW)
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW) > Sport Psychology and Research Methods

UniBE Contributor:

Schüler, Julia

Subjects:

100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology
700 Arts > 790 Sports, games & entertainment

ISSN:

0022-1031

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Corinne Ammann

Date Deposited:

20 Feb 2014 18:11

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:27

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.jesp.2012.10.004

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.40533

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/40533

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