Goal attainment, goal striving, and well-being during the transition to adulthood: A ten-year U.S. national longitudinal study
✍ Scribed by Emily E. Messersmith; John E. Schulenberg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 186 KB
- Volume
- 2010
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1520-3247
- DOI
- 10.1002/cd.279
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✦ Synopsis
This study examines the relation between young adults' goal achievement, continued goal striving over time, and subsequent well-being. Analysis of a longitudinal subsample of a nationally representative U.S. study of 5,693 adolescents as they transition to adulthood revealed that individuals who met their goals had higher well-being, but that the relation between goal completion and well-being varied by goal content. Continued goal striving was related to well-being and maintained domain-specifi c self-effi cacies, whereas goal disengagement was accompanied by declines in domain-specifi c self-effi cacies. Overall, the results suggest that long-term goal striving is benefi cial for wellbeing during the transition to adulthood.