Spielmann, Lina Carlotta, LC (2022) The Interaction of Goal Importance and Goal Attainment on the Well-Being of Eastern European Migrants in the United Kingdom. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Goal attainment is said to have various positive consequences for well-being. Since migrants often leave their home country to fulfill their goals, attaining those might have a great impact on their well-being. However, does the attainment of goals, especially important goals, increase migrant well-being or lower ill-being, and if so, which goals promote this relationship? In this study, we aimed to answer this question, positing that goal attainment predicts greater well-being and lower ill-being, and that this relationship is moderated by goal importance. Moreover, we predicted that this relationship may be stronger for some goals than for others. For a qualitative analysis, 288 first-generation migrants were sampled. Participants had to indicate levels of life satisfaction and anxiety. Next, participants listed three of their life goals and indicated their level of attainment and importance of each goal. A Grounded Theory approach was applied to derive different goal content categories based on the self-set life goals participants indicated. Results indicated an effect of goal attainment on well-being and ill-being. However, contrary to expectations, goal importance did not qualify the effect of goal attainment on well-being across the categories. Yet, we observed an interaction between goal attainment and importance on ill-being for the category Personal Development. These findings suggest that attainable goals positively affect migrants’ well-being. Gaining this insight into what migrants aspire to achieve maybe a helpful contribution for counseling settings to help migrants facilitate their goals, which may affect their integration process.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Toth, A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Other [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2022 08:47 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2022 15:09 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/110 |
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