Doctoral Dissertation Research: Identity and the Process of Goal Accomplishment

博士论文研究：身份与目标实现过程

• 批准号: 1332430
• 负责人: Jan Stets
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1332430&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Identity; Process

SES-1332430Jan StetsRyan TrettevikInstitution: University of California RiversideAs individuals work towards a goal, for example, being a "marathon runner," "college graduate," or "successful businessperson," they evaluate their progress toward goal accomplishment on the basis of the feedback they receive from others. If their progress toward goal accomplishment is slower than their expected rate, they should feel negative emotions, and if their progress toward goal accomplishment is faster than expected, they should feel positive emotions. In turn, these emotions should help us understand when people remain committed to their goals with positive emotions fueling commitment to goals and negative emotions curtailing commitment to goals. In this dissertation, the Co-PI tests the long-standing identity argument that the verification of one's goals generates positive feelings and the non-verification of one's goals generates negative feelings. At the same time, the Co-PI investigates the rate of verifying one's goal, that is, whether feedback as to one's performance reveals slower progress, faster progress, or progress at one's expected rate. The analysis is of college students as they go through a 10-week, undergraduate course. Students will be closely followed during the course through a series of surveys that track their self-views' on their identity as student, their goals (expected grades as they go through the course), expected rate of achieving their goals, and their emotional responses to feedback on their performance. Statistical tests using regression will allow the Co-PI to examine the effects of goal attainment and the rate of progress towards goal attainment on students' emotional state. Broader ImpactHaving a better understanding of how goal accomplishment and progress toward goal accomplishment influences individuals' feelings over time can provide insights into better ways to help people as they work towards their goals. It may be important for individuals to modify their goals, or modify the rate at which they expect to reach their goals in order to feel good and continue persisting in their efforts. This would have implications in all areas of life including at school, at work, at home, and in relationships. Employers, coaches, teachers, and mentors may be more effective in guiding others when they face difficulties if they have a better understanding of the ways in which people view themselves, their goals, and the anticipated pace at which they expect to achieve their goals since these characteristics influence the emotions individuals experience and impact how they respond accordingly.

SES-1332430JAN Stetsryan Trettevikinstitution：加利福尼亚大学Riversideas分校的个人致力于实现目标，例如成为“马拉松赛跑者”，“大学毕业生”或“成功的商人”，他们根据从其他人那里获得反馈的基础来评估自己的目标成就进步。如果他们在目标成就方面的进步比预期的速度要慢，那么他们应该会感到负面情绪，如果他们在目标成就方面的进步速度比预期的要快，则应感受到积极的情绪。反过来，这些情绪应该有助于我们了解人们在人们继续致力于自己的目标时以积极的情绪为目标而致力于目标，从而促进了对目标的承诺，从而减少了对目标的承诺。在本论文中，Co-Pi测试了长期存在的认同论点，即对一个人的目标的验证会产生积极的感觉，而对目标的未验证会产生负面情绪。同时，Co-Pi调查了验证自己的目标的速度，即，对自己的绩效的反馈是否表明进步速度较慢，进度更快或以人的预期速度进步。分析是在大学生参加为期10周的本科课程时的分析。在课程期间，学生将通过一系列的调查进行紧密遵循，这些调查跟踪他们的自我观察，以了解他们作为学生的身份，他们的目标（预期的成绩），实现目标的预期率以及对表现反馈的情感反​​应。使用回归的统计测试将使Co-Pi可以检查目标实现的影响以及目标实现对学生情绪状态的进步率。更广泛地了解对目标成就和进步目标的更好理解会影响个人随着时间的推移的感受，可以为人们提供更好的方式来帮助人们朝着目标努力时。对于个人而言，修改目标或修改他们期望达到目标的速度以保持良好并继续坚持自己的努力可能很重要。这将在生活的所有领域都具有影响，包括在学校，工作，家里和人际关系。如果雇主，教练，老师和导师的指导他人在面对困难时可能会更有效地指导他人，因为他们对人们对自己，目标的看法以及他们期望实现目标的预期速度有更好的了解，因为这些特征会影响个人的情感个人经历并影响他们的回应方式。