APS

2023 APS Annual Convention

Advances in Goal Disengagement Research (Part I): Antecedents and Consequences

Friday, May 26, 2023 · Washington, DC

Oral · General

This first part of a double symposium focuses on variations in goal attainability and goal desirability as antecedents of goal disengagement. The studies consider different facets of the goal disengagement process using diverse indicators in (experimental) longitudinal designs and examine their consequences in terms of their regulatory function.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Cathleen KappesChair
    University Hildesheim
  • Kaspar Philipp SchattkeCoChair
    UQAM
  • Gabriele OettingenDiscussant
    New York University

Presentations

  1. Knowing When to Quit: Antecedents and Consequences of Adaptive Goal DisengagementCandice Hubley
  2. Employees in Green Organisations Have Less Career Action CrisesKaspar Philipp Schattke
  3. The Role of Revaluation Processes in Goal Disengagement after an Ostracism Experience: Findings from Explicit and Implicit MeasuresFarina Rühs
  4. Emotional Facial Expressions’ Impact on Task (Dis-)Engagement Depends on People’s Implicit Motives for Affiliation and PowerKerstin Brinkmann