Schumacher, Alexandra (2022) The Impact of Self-Set Goal Attainment and Importance on Acculturation: An exploratory study on goal categories that facilitate the acculturation process for Eastern European migrants in the United Kingdom. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Goals are essential pillars when building one's life. Like a compass, they can help find a direction, give action steps, and provide feedback on what has been achieved. Self-set goals are an apparent motivation for migration, as people migrate in search of advancing their potential. Previous research has shown that intrinsic goal pursuit can contribute to acculturation in migrants. In the current study, we investigated to what extent the attainment of certain goals would predict acculturation and whether acculturation can be seen as a result of the interaction between goal attainment and goal importance. We proposed that attaining self-set goals would positively predict migrants’ level of acculturation, especially when migrants perceived these goals as important. We tested our hypotheses asking 288 participants to self-reflect on their goals and the individual level of achievement and importance. We can confirm a relationship between self-set goal attainment and acculturation for goals related to Achievement, Basic Human Striving, Migration, Personal Development, Professional, and Security. Furthermore, we found evidence that in the life domain of Professional the importance of the goal strengthens the relationship between goal attainment and acculturation. Nevertheless, we found a negative effect of goal importance on acculturation in the life domain of Achievement. In the end, we discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings and future research directions.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Toth-Bos, A. and Wortler, B. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2022 10:27 |
| Last Modified: | 18 May 2022 10:27 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/466 |
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