APS
2026 APS Annual Convention
Emotional Foundations of Goal Engagement and Goal Adjustment
This symposium brings together theoretical and empirical perspectives to illuminate emotional foundations of goal engagement and goal adjustment. Contributions feature diverse emotional processes (emotion generation, regulation), emotions (positive, negative), methodological approaches (experience sampling, daily diary, experimental, longitudinal), and age groups (young adults, older adults).
Chairs & Discussants
- Claudia HaaseChair
Northwestern University - Jutta HeckhausenChair
University of California, Irvine - Jutta HeckhausenDiscussant
University of California, Irvine
Presentations
- Emotion Regulation and the Pursuit of Everyday GoalsMilyavskaya Marina, Tyler Thorne, Moti Benita
- When Life Says ‘No’: Positive Affect, Sadness, and Goal AdjustmentClaudia Haase, Deborah Wu, Carsten Wrosch
- Anger and Optimism In Later Adulthood: The Influence of Emotion Variability and Control PerceptionsCarsten Wrosch, Parisa Sepehri, Ute Kunzmann
- Speaking about Flexibility: Age Differences In the Situational Sensitivity of Emotion Regulation StrategiesUte Kunzmann, Steffen Nestler, Martin Katzorreck-Gierden, Denis Gerstorf, Carsten Wrosch
