TY  - JOUR
A1  - Grund, Axel
A1  - Fries, Stefan
A1  - Rheinberg, Falko
T1  - Know Your Preferences
BT  - Self-Regulation as Need-Congruent Goal Selection
JF  - Review of general psychology
N2  - Theory and research on self-regulation is dominated by a social-cognitive perspective that places an emphasis on postdecisional (i.e., volitional) control processes of goal-maintenance in response to dual-motive conflict. In the current contribution, we focus on research on self-regulation that acknowledges the affective fundamentals of motivated action, and we highlight processes of goal selection as vital parts of self-regulation. From our perspective of motivational competence, affective and cognitive processes work together rather than oppose each other in self-regulation, rendering effortless rather than effortful goal pursuit as the hallmark of efficient human action. A precondition for such motive- and self-congruent goal pursuits is that individuals have insight into their basic preferences and (can) act accordingly. Therefore, we address capacities, such as mindfulness, which may take effect in predecisional (i.e., motivational) action phases, thereby determining all subsequent action processes.
KW  - goal pursuit
KW  - motivation
KW  - self-regulation
KW  - volition
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1037/gpr0000159
SN  - 1089-2680
SN  - 1939-1552
VL  - 22
IS  - 4
SP  - 437
EP  - 451
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  -