Mental Contrasting of Future and Reality
Abstract
Mental contrasting of a desired future with present reality leads to expectancy-dependent goal commitments, whereas focusing on the desired future only makes people commit to goals regardless of their high or low expectations for success. In the present brief intervention we randomly assigned middle-level managers (N = 52) to two conditions. Participants in one condition were taught to use mental contrasting regarding their everyday concerns,...
Paper Details
Title
Mental Contrasting of Future and Reality
Published Date
Jan 1, 2010
Volume
9
Issue
3
Pages
138 - 144
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