APS

31st APS Annual Convention

Goal Pursuit Together: How Relationship Partners Can Support and Undermine One Another’s Success

Friday, May 24, 2019 · Washington, DC

Oral · Social

Goal pursuit is an interpersonal endeavor in which partners provide support for one another as they strive to make progress on their individual and joint goals. This symposium presents new theory and research on the implications of this observation for goal pursuits and the relationships within which they are pursued.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Edward OrehekChair
    University of Pittsburgh

Presentations

  1. Perceived Partner Instrumentality: A New Approach to Understanding Social SupportEdward Orehek
  2. Hidden FailureAyelet Fishbach, Lauren Eskreis-Winkler
  3. Clashing Goals in Intimate Relationships: How Partners Impede Personal Goal PursuitNickola Overall, Shanuki Jayamaha, Matthew Hammond
  4. Impression Management Motivation and Relationship QualityEdward Lemay, Nadya Teneva