The Role of Goal Attainment and Goal Importance in Migrant Well-Being: An Exploration of Migrant’s Self-Set Goals

Meyer, Sophia (2022) The Role of Goal Attainment and Goal Importance in Migrant Well-Being: An Exploration of Migrant’s Self-Set Goals. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.

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Abstract

Setting and attaining goals that are personally important has been widely shown to improve one’s well-being and may thus be a good approach for migrants to help them adjust to their host society. Previous research on goal pursuit lacked a clear picture of how goal contents may differ depending on the demographic sampled. For this reason, in a mixed-method research design (N = 288) we first categorized the goals of migrants, then we subsequently investigated how the attainment and the importance of these goals influence the well-being of migrants, and further explored how the different contents of their self-set goals might influence their well-being. We propose that the attainment of goals has a positive effect on migrant well-being, and that goal importance moderates this effect, as well as that this relationship may be more prevalent in some rather than other goal categories. Results revealed that generally, the attainment of goals, irrespective of their content, had a positive effect on migrants’ well-being. Furthermore, we found that migrants who placed more importance on goals related to achievement, such as striving for wealth and success, experienced less well-being. We conclude that the attainment of goals is generally beneficial to one’s well-being, but that one should be careful not to place too much importance on goals related to achievement. Lastly, theoretical and practical implications, as well as future research directions, are discussed. Keywords: well-being, self-set goals, goal attainment, goal importance, migration

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor)
Supervisor name:	Toth-Bos, A. and Wortler, B.
Degree programme:	Psychology
Differentiation route:	Clinical Psychology (CP) [Bachelor Psychology]
Date Deposited:	01 Feb 2022 15:32
Last Modified:	01 Feb 2022 15:32
URI:	http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/119

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