APS

2022 APS Annual Convention

Dynamics of Goal Engagement and Disengagement

Sunday, May 29, 2022 · Chicago, IL

Oral · Personality/Emotion

This symposium addresses different aspects of goal pursuit conceptualized as a dynamic process of goal engagement and disengagement. This process requires balancing the costs and benefits of increasing and decreasing engagement in hedonic and achievement goals, adjusting short-term and long-term goals, and disengaging from goals temporarily or permanently.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Alexandra FreundChair
    University of Zurich
  • Zita MayerCoChair
    University of Zurich

Presentations

  1. If the Party Is Good, You Should Stay Longer—Effects of Trait Hedonic Capacity on Engagement in Hedonic Goal Pursuit and AchievementKatharina Bernecker
  2. Better Off without? Longitudinal Emotional and Motivational Outcomes of Goal Shelving in Daily LifeZita Mayer
  3. Goal Adjustment Capacitates Mitigate College Students’ Psychological Distress during the COVID-19 PandemicYongwon Cho
  4. Optimism and Changes in Goal Disengagement Capacities in Old AgeAriane Marion-Jetten