Remembering future life goals:Retrospective future thinking affects life goal qualities
| Autor: | Ayleen Roderer, Lynn Ann Watson, Annette Bohn |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Aged 80 and over Retrospective future thinking Memory Episodic cultural life script Experimental and Cognitive Psychology General Medicine Thinking Young Adult Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Self-concordance Mental Recall Developmental and Educational Psychology Imagination Humans Mental time travel Goals Episodic future thinking Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Roderer, A V, Watson, L A & Bohn, A 2022, ' Remembering future life goals : Retrospective future thinking affects life goal qualities ', Acta Psychologica, vol. 226, 103582 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103582 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103582 |
| Popis: | Personal goals are important for the construction and organization of episodic future thought. This study examines the impact of two future thinking perspectives on qualities of mental goal representations. Here, 142 participants (Mage = 21.9 years) reported on the content and characteristics of five life goals either retrospectively, imagining goals from the perspective of their 100-year-old self, or prospectively from the perspective of their current self. Results indicate that retrospectively reported life goals relied more on schematized knowledge, were dated to occur later in life, and were perceived as more self-concordant with increasing distance from the present. Independent of condition, more distant goals were rated as more difficult, less likely to occur, and were associated with lower self-efficacy. This study provides the first evidence that the point in life from which you consider your own future affects the qualities of mental goal representations, suggesting that retrospective future thinking serves as a form of psychological distancing. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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