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Forgetting all else: on the antecedents and consequences of goal shielding.

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Shah, JY; Friedman, R; Kruglanski, AW
Published in: Journal of personality and social psychology
December 2002

Six studies explore the role of goal shielding in self-regulation by examining how the activation of focal goals to which the individual is committed inhibits the accessibility of alternative goals. Consistent evidence was found for such goal shielding, and a number of its moderators were identified: Individuals' level of commitment to the focal goal, their degree of anxiety and depression, their need for cognitive closure, and differences in their goal-related tenacity. Moreover, inhibition of alternative goals was found to be more pronounced when they serve the same overarching purpose as the focal goal, but lessened when the alternative goals facilitate focal goal attainment. Finally, goal shielding was shown to have beneficial consequences for goal pursuit and attainment.

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Published In

Journal of personality and social psychology

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EISSN

1939-1315

ISSN

0022-3514

Publication Date

December 2002

Volume

83

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1261 / 1280

Related Subject Headings

  • Task Performance and Analysis
  • Students
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Control, Informal
  • Reaction Time
  • Male
  • Inhibition, Psychological
  • Humans
  • Goals
  • Female
 

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Shah, J. Y., Friedman, R., & Kruglanski, A. W. (2002). Forgetting all else: on the antecedents and consequences of goal shielding. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83(6), 1261–1280. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.83.6.1261
Shah, James Y., Ron Friedman, and Arie W. Kruglanski. “Forgetting all else: on the antecedents and consequences of goal shielding.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 83, no. 6 (December 2002): 1261–80. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.83.6.1261.
Shah JY, Friedman R, Kruglanski AW. Forgetting all else: on the antecedents and consequences of goal shielding. Journal of personality and social psychology. 2002 Dec;83(6):1261–80.
Shah, James Y., et al. “Forgetting all else: on the antecedents and consequences of goal shielding.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 83, no. 6, Dec. 2002, pp. 1261–80. Epmc, doi:10.1037/0022-3514.83.6.1261.
Shah JY, Friedman R, Kruglanski AW. Forgetting all else: on the antecedents and consequences of goal shielding. Journal of personality and social psychology. 2002 Dec;83(6):1261–1280.

Published In

Journal of personality and social psychology

DOI

EISSN

1939-1315

ISSN

0022-3514

Publication Date

December 2002

Volume

83

Issue

6

Start / End Page

1261 / 1280

Related Subject Headings

  • Task Performance and Analysis
  • Students
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Control, Informal
  • Reaction Time
  • Male
  • Inhibition, Psychological
  • Humans
  • Goals
  • Female