Saxena, Anamika (2022) The Impact of Goal Conflict on Student Well-Being: Detangling the Role of Goal Attainment and Goal Importance. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
This study investigated the impact of study goal conflict (GC) on students' overall well-being (WB), operationalised by measuring their positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA). The aim was to explore whether GC affected both negative valence as well as positive valence. Additionally, the role of study goal attainment as a mediator between GC and WB, and the role of study goal importance as a moderator between study goal attainment and WB was explored. We expected higher goal conflict to be related to lowered goal attainment, which would subsequently be associated with lower WB. Additionally, we posited that when study goal importance was high, the relationship between goal attainment and WB would be stronger. Participants (N= 226) reported their levels of GC, goal attainment, goal importance, PA, and NA. All assessments were conducted online. A moderated mediation regression analysis was conducted to test the hypotheses. Results indicated that GC was indeed positively related to NA, but did not have a significant association with PA. Neither goal attainment nor goal importance emerged as a statistically significant mediator and moderator, respectively. A possible limitation of the study is that PA and NA are momentary affective states and perhaps did not measure more lasting cognitive appraisals of subjective well-being. It was concluded that GC only impacted one half of WB - the negative aspect. Practical implications and future research directions regarding the findings were discussed. Keywords: Goals; goal conflict; well-being; distress; PANAS; goal importance; goal attainment.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Toth-Bos, A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Psychology (CP) [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jan 2022 10:38 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2022 10:38 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/72 |
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