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Prestwich, Andrew John. "The use of implementation intentions in promoting goal attainment." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.396925.
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Lindh, Ida. "An Entrepreneurial Mindset: Self-Regulating Mechanisms for Goal Attainment." Doctoral thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Innovation och Design, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-63105.
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Comprised of a cover story and five separate but interrelated articles, this dissertation explores entrepreneurial learning. By connecting multiple theoretical perspectives, reviewing extant literature, using four qualitative datasets, and building theory inductively, the articles explain components to and mechanisms of entrepreneurial learning. This dissertation is one of the first to explore the essence of entrepreneurial learning by incorporating non-entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs simultaneously, cognitive processes, and contextual variables. Learning lies at the core of entrepreneurship, and scholars have even argued that a theory of entrepreneurship requires a theory of learning. The literature suggests that experiences in the context of entrepreneurship triggers entrepreneurial learning, and that such learning relates to achieving ambitious goals, the discovery of new opportunities and better overall performance. Entrepreneurial learning has also been highlighted in contexts outside entrepreneurship and as a mean to fostering future entrepreneurs and developing people’s entrepreneurial attributes and characteristics. The idea is that entrepreneurship is a way of thinking and acting and that entrepreneurial learning can be of use to anyone, even to those lacking entrepreneurial experience. Entrepreneurial learning literature, both inside and outside the context of entrepreneurship, emphasizes triggers of entrepreneurial learning, but does not recognize components that enable those triggers to be recognized and acted on and the underlying mechanisms that distinguish entrepreneurial learning from other types of learning. This gap makes it difficult to assess what entrepreneurial learning is and how it can be enhanced for both entrepreneurs and people preparing for entrepreneurship. This dissertation explains how and why entrepreneurial learning can be understood as a simultaneous and active regulation of cognition, motivation, and emotions to achieve goals. This elaboration captures core components and the mechanism of entrepreneurial learning, and illustrates how it can be understood and enhanced in various contexts.
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Stimson, Tierra Starr. "The precursors and outcomes of goal choice and attainment." Diss., [Riverside, Calif.] : University of California, Riverside, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1957340971&SrchMode=2&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1269886969&clientId=48051.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009.<br>Includes abstract. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Title from first page of PDF file (viewed March 23, 2010). Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in print.
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Solley, Elizabeth Anne. "Improving Consistency of Goal Attainment to Increase Physical Activity." Scholar Commons, 2014. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5314.
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Researchers have successfully increased physical activity with self-monitoring, goal setting, and feedback. Goal attainment is a crucial part of what makes goal setting successful; however, it is often unreported in the literature or implied that goals were not reached consistently. A potential way to achieve this consistency is to create an action plan, or a detailed account of exactly how and when the individual will engage in the desired physical activity to reach his or her goal. This study evaluated whether making a detailed action plan would allow individuals to reach their physical activity goals more consistently than when using goal setting and self-monitoring alone. Action planning increased goal attainment for all participants but only resulted in increased physical activity for 2 of 3 participants. Future research should replicate this study to validate these findings and further explore methods for improving the success of goal setting as an intervention.
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Russ, Sam. "Trainee therapist goal conflict and its relationship to perceptions of goal attainment and occupational stress." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2018. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10043319/.
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Aims: Therapist goals likely emerge from competency frameworks and also personal values and interests, which might not be consistent with each other. Research provides substantial evidence of associations between goal conflicts, reduced psychological well-being, and goal success. If goal conflict is a factor negatively influencing therapist well-being, it could also impede their delivery of high quality care. This study aims to explore these possibilities. Method: The study recruited 52 trainee Clinical Psychologists. A semi-structured interview was employed to identify therapists’ goals followed by a goal conflict matrix. The Maslach Burnout Inventory was used to measure occupational stress. Therapist goals were also coded as ‘lower-order’ (more concrete ‘doing’ goals), or ‘higher-order’ (more abstract ‘being’ goals), based on a commonly used goal characteristic framework. Results: Significant associations were found between higher-order goal facilitation and increased Professional Accomplishment, and, between increased goal ambivalence and perceived difficulty attaining goals. Consistent with the literature, findings were understood within a hierarchical model of goal conflict, whereby conflicts at higher levels are most detrimental to well-being. Conclusion: The findings suggest that when psychologists experience conflict between their more abstract motives, values and needs, they are likely to experience burnout. And when experiencing mixed motivations about goals, are more likely to experience difficulty attaining them. The implications that targeting goal conflicts may be conducive to the professional well-being and potential effectiveness of clinicians are discussed. However, the study was underpowered, and some findings were only found significant at p < .05, requiring caution when interpreting.
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Salm, Ruthann J. "Designing a goal attainment scale for students with emotional disabilities." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998salmr.pdf.
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Coetsee, Gert Christiaan. "Doelwitbereiking deur prestasiebestuur / Chris Coetsee." Thesis, North-West University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/1681.
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Mccart, James A. "Goal Attainment On Long Tail Web Sites: An Information Foraging Approach." Scholar Commons, 2009. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3686.
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This dissertation sought to explain goal achievement at limited traffic “long tail” Web sites using
Information Foraging Theory (IFT). The central thesis of IFT is that individuals are driven by a
metaphorical sense of smell that guides them through patches of information in their environment.
An information patch is an area of the search environment with similar information. Information
scent is the driving force behind why a person makes a navigational selection amongst a group
of competing options. As foragers are assumed to be rational, scent is a mechanism by which to
reduce search costs by increasing the accuracy on which option leads to the information of value.
IFT was originally developed to be used in a “production rule” environment, where a user would
perform an action when the conditions of a rule were met. However, the use of IFT in clickstream
research required conceptualizing the ideas of information scent and patches in a non-production
rule environment. To meet such an end this dissertation asked three research questions regarding
(1) how to learn information patches, (2) how to learn trails of scent, and finally (3) how to combine
both concepts to create a Clickstream Model of Information Foraging (CMIF).
The learning of patches and trails were accomplished by using contrast sets, which distinguished
between individuals who achieved a goal or not. A user- and site-centric version of the CMIF,
which extended and operationalized IFT, presented and evaluated hypotheses. The user-centric
version had four hypotheses and examined product purchasing behavior from panel data, whereas
the site-centric version had nine hypotheses and predicted contact form submission using data
from a Web hosting company.
In general, the results show that patches and trails exist on several Web sites, and the majority
of hypotheses were supported in each version of the CMIF. This dissertation contributed to the literature
by providing a theoretically-grounded model which tested and extended IFT; introducing
a methodology for learning patches and trails; detailing a methodology for preprocessing clickstream
data for long tail Web sites; and focusing on traditionally under-studied long tail Web sites.
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Frace, Kristen Jessica. "Goal attainment scaling to determine effectiveness of school psychology practicum students." [Huntington, WV : Marshall University Libraries], 2009. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=1002.
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Lanza, Elizabeth M. "Establishing faculty expectations regarding an alumni survey : an application of goal attainment scaling /." Click for abstract, 1998. http://library.ctstateu.edu/ccsu%5Ftheses/1495.html.
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Thesis (M.A.) -- Central Connecticut State University, 1998.<br>Thesis advisor: Dr. Marc Goldstein. "...in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 28-31).
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Vue, Mana. "Perception of early marriage and future educational goals attainment for Hmong female adolescents." Online version, 2000. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2000/2000vuem.pdf.
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Stavrova, Olga, Tila Pronk, and Michail Kokkoris. "Choosing goals that express the true self: A novel mechanism of the effect of self-control on goal attainment." Wiley, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2559.
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Why is trait self-control associated with successful goal progress? Existing
research has attempted to answer this question by focusing on individual
differences in the process of goal pursuit. Herein, we propose and test a
novel mechanism suggesting that self-control facilitates goal attainment not
only by affecting the process of goal pursuit but also the type of goals peo-
ple select in the first place. Three studies showed that high (vs. low) self-
control individuals are more likely to report successful goal attainment and
this association was mediated by their tendency to select the goals that
reflect their true/authentic self. These results were obtained using cross-sectional and longitudinal designs and were robust against controlling for
previously established mechanisms of the effect of trait self-control on
goal attainment (habit strength, experiences of goal-conflicting desires).
Overall, there findings contribute to the literatures on self-regulation,
authenticity and goal management.
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Schellenberg, Benjamin J. I. "Passion and coping : relationships with burnout and goal attainment in collegiate athletes." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35782.
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The stress process in sport can lead to a number of negative outcomes for athletes, including burnout and a failure to attain desired goals in sport (Gaudreau & Blondin, 2002; Hoar et al., 2006). Athletes can manage stress by coping, which involves various thoughts and actions (Lazarus, 1999). A person-related variable that may influence coping is the passion that athletes have for sport. Vallerand and colleagues (2003) proposed the dualistic model of passion (DMP), which differentiates between two forms of passion: harmonious (HP) and obsessive (OP). This research examined the relationship between passion and coping in sport, and tested if coping mediated the relationship between types of passion and both burnout and goal attainment. College- and university-level volleyball players (N = 239; female n = 126) participated in a prospective observational study involving two time points approximately 3 months apart. Measures assessing passion, coping style, burnout, and goal attainment were administered using paper and online questionnaires. Results indicated that burnout at time 2 was negatively associated with task-oriented coping and positively associated with both distraction- and disengagement-oriented coping, while change in burnout between time 1 and time 2 was positively associated with change in distraction- and disengagement-oriented coping. Analyses with both prospective data and change scores indicated that goal attainment was positively associated with task-oriented coping and negatively associated with disengagement-oriented coping. HP was negatively associated with burnout and positively associated with goal attainment, and mediation analyses revealed that disengagement-oriented coping mediated the relationship between HP and burnout, while both task- and disengagement-oriented coping mediated the relationship between HP and goal attainment. Prospective analyses revealed that OP at time 1 was unrelated to both burnout and goal attainment at time 2, but these relationships were suppressed by disengagement-oriented coping. Change in OP was positively associated with change in burnout, and this relationship was mediated by disengagement-oriented coping. Overall, these results highlight the role of coping, particularly disengagement-oriented coping, in the relationship between types of passion and both burnout and goal attainment, and provide insight into the relationship between passion and the stress process in sport.
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Kähler, Cordula. "Therapieevaluation in der kinder- und jugendpsychiatrischen Tagesklinik : die Methode des Goal Attainment Scaling /." Hamburg : Kovač, 2004. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=012893843&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Bryce, Rupert. "A comparative view of coaching and training and their effect on goal attainment /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19382.pdf.
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Kucheria, Priya. "Investigation of Collaborative Goal Setting Practices in Hospital-Based Speech Language Pathologists Using the Electronic Goal Attainment Scaling (EGAS) App." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/24564.
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An extensive body of literature supports the clinical utility and feasibility of client-centric goal-setting techniques in neurorehabilitation. However, such techniques are seldom used and difficult to adopt in mainstream clinical practice. Two primary barriers that limit uptake and adoption of individualized goal-setting techniques into routine practice include: (1) lack of an operationalized framework susceptible to variations in the characteristics of the user and constraints of a medical setting and (2) limited knowledge on the part of clinicians and clients to confidently engage in goal-setting conversations. The eGAS app was designed to address the need for a semi-structured client-centric goal-setting framework for clinicians engaged in neurorehabilitation.
This study used a single-subject design to investigate the effects of using eGAS in an outpatient hospital setting on clinician behavior and client responsiveness. A nonconcurrent, multiple-baseline design was used across three clinicians to determine if use of eGAS would result in functional changes in collaborative interviewing behaviors, validity of generated goal scales, and reliability of the process. Results revealed that using eGAS had strong functional effects on collaborative interviewing behaviors and validity of goal scales, and a weak effect on reliability. Another noteworthy finding was that eGAS could be implemented with relatively high fidelity within the constraints of a clinical context despite variations in the characteristics of the end-user, i.e. clients and clinicians. I discuss support for ecological validity of eGAS in terms of implementation barriers and facilitators that affected outcomes, methodological limitations, and future steps to improve design validity and implementation integrity.
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Jeffrey, Sofia Laura Netto Barbosa. "The beneficial effects of implementation intentions on goal attainment : Automaticity, cue activation, and commitment." Thesis, University of Reading, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.533742.
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Bezerra, Sara Taciana Firmino. "Nursing consultation to person with hypertension: possibility of substantiation in Theory of Goal Attainment." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2015. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=16836.
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Defendeu-se o pressuposto de que a Teoria Imogene King favorece a interaÃÃo enfermeiro-paciente para o estabelecimento mÃtuo de metas de saÃde. Os objetivos foram: proporcionar reflexÃo coletiva sobre o contexto da Consulta de Enfermagem ao paciente com hipertensÃo, discutir o Modelo Conceitual de Sistemas Abertos e a Teoria do Alcance de Metas com enfermeiros, relacionar a Teoria com o Cuidado ao paciente com hipertensÃo e investigar a percepÃÃo de enfermeiros acerca da Teoria do Alcance de Metas para implementaÃÃo da Consulta de Enfermagem ao paciente com hipertensÃo. A teoria pode viabilizar a interaÃÃo efetiva do enfermeiro com o paciente para conduzir à identificaÃÃo de problemas de saÃde, elaboraÃÃo de metas, alÃm da discussÃo sobre os meios e estratÃgias para o alcance dessas metas com acompanhamento contÃnuo para reformulÃ-las, quando necessÃrio. Por isso, desenvolveu-se pesquisa qualitativa e intervencionista, junto a sete enfermeiras atuantes na EstratÃgia SaÃde da FamÃlia, que atendem pacientes com hipertensÃo, na atenÃÃo primÃria em SaÃde do MunicÃpio de MaracanaÃ-CE. Os dados foram produzidos de fevereiro a agosto de 2014, por meio da realizaÃÃo da tÃcnica de Grupo Focal, audiogravados e transcritos, para anÃlise da produÃÃo de sentidos com base nas prÃticas discursivas, como proposto por Spink. Realizaram-se cinco encontros cujos resultados produziram 17 categorias e sete subcategorias. Acerca da reflexÃo da conjuntura da Consulta de Enfermagem, emergiram seis categorias: visÃo do atendimento com as subcategorias acolhimento, ambulatÃrio e descriÃÃo da consulta; percepÃÃo da enfermeira sobre o paciente; sobrecarga da enfermeira na ESF; elementos cientÃficos; relaÃÃo com o profissional mÃdico; e relaÃÃo com outros setores. Sobre as percepÃÃes, opiniÃes e conhecimento das enfermeiras sobre os conceitos propostos por King, cinco categorias foram elaboradas: sÃntese do encontro anterior; conhecimento dos conceitos propostos pela teÃrica, cujas subcategorias sÃo sistema pessoal, sistema interpessoal, sistema social e trÃs sistemas; demanda; participaÃÃo da famÃlia; e experiÃncias de cuidado. No que diz respeito à Teoria do Alcance de Metas, formaram-se as categorias: percepÃÃo da interaÃÃo com o paciente; e percepÃÃo do registro de Enfermagem metaorientado. A avaliaÃÃo do grupo resultou nas categorias: percepÃÃo do instrumento; enfrentamentos do cotidiano; o problema para implementaÃÃo; finalizaÃÃo do estudo. Esses resultados descrevem a experiÃncia de avaliar uma realidade, refletindo sobre suas dificuldades e potencialidades, o desafio de conhecer o novo, a Teoria do Alcance de Metas e de vivenciar sua utilizaÃÃo na prÃtica clÃnica de Enfermagem com o paciente com hipertensÃo, para tomada de decisÃo de aderir à mudanÃa. Conclui-se que a tese se confirmou, jà que o enfermeiro utilizou a Teoria do Alcance de Metas para fundamentar a Consulta de Enfermagem ao paciente com hipertensÃo, mas que a rotina, a sobrecarga e as demandas do serviÃo dificultam a adesÃo à sua implementaÃÃo efetiva na ESF.
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LaFleur, Allison Marie. "The relationship between the level of implementation of instructional consultation teams and student goal attainment." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/3552.
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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.<br>Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Counseling and Personnel Services. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Sin, Ricky W. C. (Ricky Wai-Chuen). "Goal attainment, social exchange and power relations : a search for guiding principles for organizing strategy." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23315.
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This qualitative research employed the single case study approach to review the process by which service users and the staff of a food bank successfully broke through the bureaucratic resistance and secured new premises from the City of Montreal. This study explores the capacity of weaker parties to achieve their desired goal through strategic intervention on social exchange network despite the pre-existing asymmetric power relations. The conception of goal attainment, power relations and social exchange were discussed in order to develop the research questions. Case materials were collected from multiple sources: documentary research, in-depth interviews, and observation. The findings demonstrate that internal solidarity, potential uses of coalitions and expansion of resource networks are fundamental factors for members of a subordinate group to gain power and to achieve their goals. Implications for community organization practice were drawn from the overview of the empirical findings and theoretical concepts.
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Brauer, Lindsay. "Goal Attainment as a Function of Depressive Status in Women: The Role of Problem-Solving." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3989.
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Despite the theoretical importance of goal-related deficits in individuals with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), relatively empirical research has examined goal generation and perceived goal attainment in depression vulnerable individuals. The
current project sought to examine the impact of depressive status on perceived goal attainment in currently depressed, remitted depressed, and never-depressed women. In addition, perceived problem-solving skills, a construct thought to be critical for goal
striving and in goal attainment was also examined. Unexpectedly, no effects of depressive status on perceived goal attainment or overall perceived problem-solving skills were observed. Results did however reveal group differences in perceived control in problem-solving, and this was associated with perceived goal attainment. These surprising results suggest that developing positive expectations for goal pursuit may serve to aid in goal pursuit among depression-vulnerable populations. Limitations and future
directions are discussed.
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Hanafiah, Mohd Hizam. "The relationship between goal attainment and intention to remain in a franchise system in Malaysia." Thesis, University of Essex, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.573022.
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This study investigates the relationship between goal attainment and intention to remain in a franchise system. Using a theoretical framework built on content theories of motivation, process theories of motivation, Social Exchange Theory and entrepreneurial motivation theory, the study proposes that franchisees' goals attainment would associate positively with their intention to remain in a franchise system. To investigate the hypotheses, a positivist approach is chosen as the philosophical foundation of this study, and all methodological aspects related with this approach are employed in this study. A total of 204 franchisee entrepreneurs in Malaysia were surveyed and completed self- administered questionnaires. Basic statistical analysis suggests franchisees are satisfied with their goals attainments and all goals have a positive relationship with entrepreneurs' intention to remain in a franchise system. However, further analysis shows that Intrinsic Rewards goals are not significant and only Perceived Autonomy, Family Concern and Economic Gain goals associate positively with franchisees' intention to remain in the business. In general, part of the theories of motivation, Social Exchange Theory and entrepreneurial motivation theories are useful in understanding the relationship between goal attainment and intention to remain in a franchise system. While people are motivated by their own personal goals in becoming franchisees, it is clear that the dominant reason to stay in the business associates with a desire to achieve independence, the necessity to cater for family needs and the economic and financial obligations. Further, the results also indicate that autonomy is the key motivator for people to become franchisee entrepreneurs and remain as franchisees. Moreover, based on the conceptual framework and empirical evidence, a new theory, 'Entrepreneur's Goal Attainment Theory' is proposed. Finally, the achievements, contributions, implications and limitations of the study are reviewed and some suggestions for future research are presented.
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Spence, Gordon B. "New directions in the psychology of coaching: The integration of mindfulness training into evidence-based coaching practice." Coaching Psychology Unit, School of Psychology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2469.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)<br>Although the field of coaching psychology has witnessed some theoretical and empirical advances in recent years, this has yet to translate into a commonly accepted theoretical and empirical foundation for coaching practice. Rather, coaching practice has run well ahead of related theory and research, and resulted in the establishment of an industry that lacks firm foundations. This doctoral dissertation reports on a series of reviews and empirical studies designed to further the development of evidence-based coaching practice (EBCP). A review of the relevant literature revealed that the development of solid evidence-based foundations is critical if coaching is to realise its promise and potential. As events surrounding the decline of the human potential movement (HPM) in the 1960s and 1970s indicate, the absence of theoretically-based rationales and solid research support may be a reliable predictor of decline for particular treatment modalities. Whilst the development of EBCP has important implications for the formal preparation of coaches, pedagogical recommendations to industry educators are difficult whilst the characteristics of the coaching industry remain hidden. In order to develop the profile of the Australian coaching industry, a survey was conducted of 148 practicing coaches. The results of this study revealed the presence of a diverse local industry. Despite the existence of a small core of highly experienced practitioners, the majority of coaches appeared to have little coaching experience and greatly varied skills and experience. Interestingly, only 20% of respondents reported any formal training in psychology or the other helping professions. Given recent data that suggests mental health issues may sometimes be encountered in coaching (Green, Oades, & Grant, 2006; Spence & Grant, in press), it is concluded that the majority of coaches lack the skills and knowledge to identify and deal effectively with such eventualities. As the development of an informed strategy for dealing with mental health issues would move the practice of coaching onto a more professional footing, it is recommended that coaches receive basic training in the identification and appropriate referral of such issues. Much of the work presented in this dissertation is based on the presupposition that client outcomes can be optimised through the use of EBCP. However, as this assumption has yet to be empirically tested, a total of 63 participants took part in a 10-week life coaching program. The results showed that when life coaching was conducted by coaches trained in cognitive-behavioural solution-focused (CB-SF) coaching methods (i.e. professional coaching), as opposed to untrained peers (i.e. peer coaching), participants were more engaged in coaching and reported significantly greater goal attainment, goal commitment and environmental mastery. Effective goal-directed self-regulation requires that individuals remain focused on their goals overtime, whilst managing a steady stream of disturbances that can destabilise goal directed effort. In this regard, the construct of mindfulness has much conceptual relevance. Mindfulness reflects the unique human capacity for directing conscious awareness via the controlled deployment of attention. After an extensive review of the scholarly literature, three alternative conceptualisations are presented (i.e. Eastern religious, socio-cognitive and cognitive-attentional perspectives), accompanied by a description of the mindfulness skills training practices associated with each. A total of 72 participants then took part in a study to assess the impact of three mindfulness training (MT) programs on mindfulness, goal-directed self-regulation, mental health and wellbeing. The results revealed that all the MT programs were effective in significantly increasing mindfulness and a variety of mental health and wellbeing indicators. Importantly, MT was also found to significantly increase goal attainment; suggesting that MT may be a valuable addition to EBCP. Goal attainment is a key dependent variable in coaching research. However, the measurement of goal attainment has yet to receive much attention in the coaching literature. As most empirical coaching studies have reported findings based on measures that rely exclusively on subjective measures of performance (measures that are susceptible to several forms of distortion and bias), some key issues relating to the measurement of goal attainment are reviewed and explored in detail. From this review, goal attainment scaling (GAS) is identified as a potentially useful methodology with which both researchers and practitioners can document and evaluate coaching outcomes. The final study pulls together the threads from work presented to that point, and integrates them into a practice framework for coaching. A total of 42 participants took part in this study, which investigated the efficacy of using MT and CB-SF coaching to facilitate the attainment of health goals. The results showed that the delivery of MT prior to (rather than after) CB-SF coaching was more effective in facilitating these outcomes. This suggests MT may be important in coaching for helping people prepare for change.
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Delduca, Claire. "An investigation into the relationship between approach-related responses and positive affect in bipolar disorder." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3755.
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Background: The Behavioural Activation System dysregulation theory of Bipolar Disorder (BD) proposes that (hypo)manic episodes represent prolonged periods of elevated approach-motivation and high-activation positive affect (PA). Excessive goal-setting behaviour and increased engagement in stimulating activities have been found amongst people with BD and may interact with elevated approach-motivation, contributing to an “upward spiral”. Hypotheses were: both i) approach-related behaviours in response to PA; and ii) high-activation PA, will be more common in individuals with BD than those without; iii) individuals with BD will be more likely to respond to high-activation PA than to low-activation PA with approach-related behaviours, compared to individuals without BD. Method: Individuals with BD and a non-clinical control group were tested. Participants completed measures of current hypomanic/depressive symptoms, trait PA, and two versions of two measures of response to PA, asking about low-activation and high-activation PA. Results: The BD group used more approach-related responses to PA, particularly within high-activation mood states, compared to controls. The groups differed in their experience of different types of PA, due to the control group experiencing more low-activation PA. Limitations: It is unclear whether the findings are specific to BD or affective disorders in general, due to a lack of a clinical control group. The groups may also differ in their expectations of PA due to medication use and previous experience of mania. Conclusions: It may be therapeutically beneficial to help individuals with BD use non-approach-related strategies in response to high-activation PA. Further research would identify which strategies are most useful.
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Håård, Johan, and Malcolm Axelsson. "Nu är det mål igen : En studie om målsättning hos innebandyspelare i herrlandslaget." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Pedagogiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-93513.
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The purpose of the present investigation was to identify how knowledge about goal-setting is developed and applied in practice of male players in the Swedish national floorball team, by using a qualitative methodology. Participants were 6 players playing for the Swedish national team. They were asked to respond to the interview questions in relation to their perception of setting goals for a successful outcome in sports, how their goal- setting process has developed and how they deal with goal setbacks and goal attainment. Results revealed that Swedish national players in floorball employed goal setting often for both individual and team goals in practice and competition. In addition, many interesting findings regarding the process of goal setting emerged in the result. The players are aware of their goal-setting process as well the importance of using a combination of both long term and short term goals on a individual and team level. Most of the players do not write down their goals. Their goal commitments were mostly related to winning. The players also experienced that their goal-setting process was efficient but believed that the national team lacked in evaluation, feedback and a dialogue, especially on an individual level. The player’s perception was that they have the right skills to deal with setbacks. When the players reach a goal they are strict with taking the goal to the next level. These findings are discussed in relation to the empirical/ theoretical goal-setting literature and suggestions for best practice by goal setting research are offered.
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Jernigan, Mary Christine Galbreath. "Factors influencing university students' enrollement and persistence in Portuguese study : the role of perceived goal attainment /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
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Smith, Christine Benz. "The Influence oM mentoring on Goal Attainment and Role Satisfaction for Registered Nurses in Acute Care." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2006. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2245.
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Mentoring has been suggested as a means to assist with role transition, career planning, and retention in the profession by providing opportunities for personal and professional growth lead to satisfaction. Satisfaction is especially crucial for the retention of Registered Nurses in a time when the profession has been experiencing a critical shortage. This quantitative study examined the influence of mentoring for RNs who have been employed in acute care facilities for the first time for less than 2 years. Using Bouquillon's mentoring instrument and based in the frameworks of King and Kram, the study suggests mentoring is occurring among new nurses (protégés). The protégés reported mentoring antecedents, and both the psychosocial and the career development functions that Kram states are important to be present if mentoring is to occur. These RNs clearly describe an individual as a "mentor". In this study, those nurses who achieved a higher level of goal attainment (mean ≥ 36) and were in a mentoring relationship had greater levels of role satisfaction.
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Ährlin, Frida. "Vart är jag på väg och varför? Personligt ledarskap som ett verktyg för kvinnors karriärutveckling." Thesis, Mälardalen University, Department of Social Sciences, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-405.
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<p>Denna uppsats bygger på intervjuer med sju kvinnor som deltagit i ett utvecklingsprogram utformat för kvinnor med ambition att göra karriär. Företag bör satsa på anställdas karriärutveckling då det ökar individernas välmående och ger konkurrensfördelar. Syftet var att se vilka faktorer som bidrar till eller hindrar personlig utveckling samt se på vilket sätt utvecklingsprogrammet kan medverka till kvinnors personliga ledarskap och karriärutveckling. Frågeställningen löd: Upplever kvinnor att personligt ledarskap är ett bra verktyg för att utvecklas i sin karriär? Resultatet visade att kvinnorna genom utvecklingsprogrammet upplevde ökad kontroll över sina liv vilket hjälpt dem definiera och uppnå karriärmål. Faktorer med inverkan på karriären är individens utvecklingsbehov och tro på sig själv, stöd från andra samt företagets satsningar på anställdas karriärutveckling.</p>
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Denney, Stephen C. "THE IMPACT OF THE CAREER AND SELF-ADVOCACY PROGRAM ON THE SELF-DETERMINATION SKILLS OF YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1196091452.
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Smith, Kimberly A. "The Effects of Private Recording With and Without Public Posting of Goal Attainment on the Fluency of Math Facts for At-Risk Third Graders." The Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1322432409.
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Spolsky, Sonya Christine. "The Effects of the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction on the Self-Determination and Goal Attainment of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Middle School and High School Students." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/338894.
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Promoting student self-determination has been identified as best practice in special education as an effective way to promote goal attainment and successful post school outcomes for students with disabilities. There have been, however, limited evaluations of the effects of interventions to promote self-determination with students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. This study reports finding from a quasi-experimental switching replication study examining the impact of intervention using the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction on student self-determination and goal attainment for students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Findings within this study using the current research design and limited sample do not support the efficacy of the model for differential goal attainment and goal attainment facilitation by Group assignment but students who are classified as DHH were able to set goals and attain these at a better than expected level of progress. Measures of self-determination used in this study proved to have good internal reliability with students who have various levels of hearing loss and who use various modes of communication.
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Klasson, Veronica, Jakob Nordh, and Sofia Rydberg. "Nyckeltal i ideella föreningar : – en studie kring ishockeyföreningar." Thesis, Örebro University, Swedish Business School at Örebro University, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-5985.
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<p>The purpose of this paper was, on the basis of the association’s annual reports, to describe appropriate key performance indicators for non-profit associations. The purpose was furthermore to study how the associations show their goal-attainment.</p><p> </p><p>The research was delimited to contain the second category of non profit associations, which include sports associations. The authors choose three non profit associations, which according to the law, shall draw up annual reports. The three ice hockey associations HV71, MODO Hockey and Frölunda Hockey Club, were thereafter chosen on the basis of those delimits. The research was furthermore delimited to include the parent associations only. </p><p> </p><p>The authors obtained the basis of the paper through studies of literature and annual reports and via an interview. The authors described different key performance indicators based on these studies and analytical assumptions.</p><p> </p><p>In the study it appeared that all of the three studied associations largely present their goal-attainment in the statement of activity, which is a part of the annual report. The financial key performance indicators that appeared were “the equity ratio” and “the gross profit margin”, which are considered to be appropriate for these three sport associations. It also appeared that the described appropriate non financial key performance indicators could be used as statistical measures to show the three studied association’s goal-attainments and with that consolidate the credibility in their annual reports. </p>
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Månsson, Ulrika. "Målstyrt ledarskap i klassrummet- ur ett lärarperspektiv." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-5347.
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Tollén, Anita. "Äldre personers dagliga liv och betydelsen av dagrehabilitering." Doctoral thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-26509.
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The overall aim of this thesis was to study elderly persons’ everyday life and the benefits of community-based day care rehabilitation (DCR). Further aims were to describe everyday life as experienced by elderly persons eligible for DCR and what they expected to gain from attending DCR. Participants in study I and II were 22 prospective elderly day-care patients with physical disabilities. Interviews about their experiences of everyday life (study I) and their expectations of DCR (study II) were conducted and analysed according to a qualitative research approach called phenomenography. In study III 15 elderly persons were interviewed about changes in everyday life after having been discharged from DCR. A narrative approach was used for analysing the interviews. In Study IV occupational therapy patients’ records from 59 patients that had been discharged from DCR were analysed using deductive content analysis for describing individual treatment goals and level of goal attainment. The findings in study I, showed that cessation of activities and social contacts resulted in feelings of resignation and dejection for some participants. Participants also described how activities and social contacts continued, albeit in a different way, and that being active resulted in feelings of pleasure. In study II the findings described expectations of participating in physical training and socialisation with others at the DCR. The findings in study III, in the form of four case-stories, described positive changes in the participants’ everyday life such as improved occupational performance and heightened sense of wellbeing. The findings indicate that it was a combination of several events that together contributed to the changes. The findings in study IV showed that “Walking” was the category that contained the highest proportion of treatment goals. A majority of the treatment goals were either completely achieved or partially achieved. DCR could have a significant impact on elderly persons’ everyday life.
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Smith, Pamela Lin. "The relationship between spirituality and spiritual/religious coping, goal attainment, and change in symptoms of adolescents in crisis residence." Thesis, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3642855.
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<p> Despite the increase of attention in the counseling profession to spirituality, extant literature examining spirituality and adolescent mental health is limited (Powers, 2005; Van Dyke, Glenwick, & Kim, 2009). Few studies were conducted related to the spirituality of adolescents in residential treatment settings (Dew, et al., 2008; Hawke, Hennen, & Gallilone, 2005; Taylor, 2005). In particular, no studies were conducted to determine the relationship between spirituality and goal attainment or symptom change of adolescents in crisis residence. The purpose of the study was to identify the extent to which there is a relationship between spirituality and spiritual/religious coping, change of symptoms, and therapeutic goal attainment of adolescents in crisis residence. </p><p> A correlational design was used to examine the relationship between spirituality, spiritual and religious coping, goal attainment and symptom change of adolescents in crisis residence. A canonical correlation was conducted. The two sets of variables under investigation were spirituality (as measured by the Daily Spiritual Experiences Scale and Brief Religious and Spiritual Coping Scale) and treatment outcome (as measured by the Goal Attainment Scale of Stabilization and the Target Symptom Rating Scale). </p><p> The participants in this study were adolescent clients from an acute care psychiatric facility in the southern gulf coast. Male (n = 47) and female (n = 37) adolescent participants ranged in age from 12 years to 17 years. Ethnicity and religious preference of the adolescents were reported. </p><p> Results of the study indicated that no statistically significant relationship existed between spirituality and treatment outcome for adolescents in crisis residence. </p><p> Spirituality may not be an essential component to crisis stabilization of adolescents. Rather, counselors should be aware that spirituality is a uniquely personal construct. Counselors who utilize spiritual principles as the primary tool for stabilization of adolescents may want to rethink their treatment protocols. For adolescent clients in crisis who place much importance on spiritual matters, addressing spirituality in treatment may be beneficial to attaining goals and reducing symptoms. However, adolescent clients who place no importance on spirituality may still achieve the same treatment outcomes in crisis residence. Additional studies that explore individual perceptions of spirituality, investigate the results of infusing spirituality into treatment strategies, and take into account individual diagnosis with this population would be useful.</p>
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Gatto, Alyssa J. "Exploring the Feasibility of Bi-Weekly Monitoring and its Impact on Goal Attainment and Help Seeking in Young Adults." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/82828.
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Mental health in young adults can vary significantly with a large proportion struggling with clinical disorders. Despite the high prevalence of psychopathology, many do not receive help. Relevant barriers to help-seeking include self-reliance, lack of awareness of symptoms or sources of help, and stigma. Measurement Feedback Systems (MFSs) and self-monitoring are potential avenues to assist in treatment engagement. In this study, Bi-Weekly Monitoring with Informational Feedback (BWM) was implemented in a college student population (N = 74) where students were asked to report on their overall psychological functioning and set goals every other week. BWM was evaluated for feasibility, effects on help-seeking overall, and mechanisms of self-monitoring were explored. BWM was determined to be feasible in this population; although, help-seeking attitudes did not change over time as a result of BWM. Ancillary analyses explored the effects of BWM and mental health symptomatology. Participants reported on their attitudes towards BWM which were generally in favor of BWM. Some promising results emerged; however, they were largely statistically insignificant. Limitations of this study include a large drop-out rate in the control group, which left unequal groups. As such, analyses should be interpreted with caution. Future studies should evaluate BWM on a weekly basis with a larger sample to better understand the effects of BWM on self-monitoring mechanisms.<br>Master of Science<br>Mental health in young adults can vary significantly with a large proportion struggling with clinical disorders. Despite the high prevalence of psychopathology, many do not receive help. Relevant barriers to help-seeking include self-reliance, lack of awareness of symptoms or sources of help, and stigma. Measurement Feedback Systems (MFSs) and self-monitoring are potential avenues to assist in treatment engagement. In this study, Bi-Weekly Monitoring with Informational Feedback (BWM) was implemented in a college student population (N = 74) where students were asked to report on their overall psychological functioning and set goals every other week. BWM was evaluated for feasibility, effects on help-seeking overall, and mechanisms of self-monitoring were explored. BWM was determined to be feasible in this population; although, help-seeking attitudes did not change over time as a result of BWM. Attitudes towards BWM were variable, yet largely favorable. While some promising results emerged, there has yet to be concrete support for BWM. This study is limited due to a large drop-out rate in the control group, as such the results should be interpreted with caution. Future studies should evaluate BWM on a weekly basis with a larger sample to better understand the effects of BWM on self-monitoring mechanisms.
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Johansson, Anna-Lena. "Effekt av kognitiva hjälpmedel till vuxna med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning : En kvantitativ studie med stöd av Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS)." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-92928.
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Cairns, Alice J. "Exploring help-seeking, vocational role function and goal setting of young people accessing mental health services." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2017. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/107534/2/Alice_Cairns_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis used mixed methods research to explore the experiences of young people seeking mental health help by identifying their presenting issues and correlates of work and study participation, including neurocognitive capacity. In conjunction with symptoms of psychological distress, concerns with work, study and social roles were consistently reported and the acceptability of the Goal Attainment Scaling was trialled. Service evaluation tools that incorporate specific client-identified outcomes may support more targeted treatment, strengthen current evaluation processes and improve engagement of young people with appropriate services.
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Moates, Meredith M. "EFFECTS OF THE SELF- DETERMINED LEARNING MODEL OF INSTRUCTION ON GOAL ATTAINMENT AND SELF-DETERMINATION FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER." VCU Scholars Compass, 2019. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5914.
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Even with current transition practice and service delivery requirements mandated for students with disabilities by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) participation in postsecondary education and employment for individuals with autism remains low (Shattuck et al., 2012; Newman, Wagner, Cameto, & Knokey, 2011). The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI; Wehmeyer, Palmer, Agran, Mithaug, & Martin, 2000). The intervention was designed to facilitate student development, and participation in community college course settings, increase academic and vocational goal attainment and self-determined behavior while decreasing support needs. The SDLMI has been shown to be effective for teaching students with disabilities how to access the general education curriculum and increase self-determination skills to achieve academic and vocational goals. A multiple probe design across participants with four college-aged students with autism evaluated the effects of the intervention for three different postsecondary education goals. Study findings show the extent to which the intervention affects participants’ ability to be more self-determined in their decision-making regarding the management of postsecondary educational goals and course requirements using self-directed learning. The SDLMI Teacher’s Guide for Model Implementation (Shogren, Wehmeyer, Burke, & Palmer, 2017) and teacher-facilitated procedures (National Technical Assistance Center on Transition, 2017) were used to ensure intervention implementation fidelity. The researcher and trained research assistant compared real time data in point-by-point agreement ratios to quantify the number of times the observers agreed about what they saw in each observation to determine differences during data collection. The baseline, intervention, and maintenance sessions lasted 13 weeks, and data were collected during all sessions. Results from the intervention effects showed a functional relationship (cause-effect) between the intervention and goal attainment. Participants increased their ability to use self-determined behaviors to attain goals through student questions, teacher objectives, and educational supports. Self-determined behaviors increased while support needs greatly decreased. Social validity data were collected through student self-monitoring using goal attainment scaling and parent perspectives to inform support intensity results. Factors related to self-determination, motivation, and expectations for future goals contribute to a better understanding of goal attainment through this research.
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Spence, Gordon B. "New directions in the psychology of coaching: The integration of mindfulness training into evidence-based coaching practice." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2469.
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Although the field of coaching psychology has witnessed some theoretical and empirical advances in recent years, this has yet to translate into a commonly accepted theoretical and empirical foundation for coaching practice. Rather, coaching practice has run well ahead of related theory and research, and resulted in the establishment of an industry that lacks firm foundations. This doctoral dissertation reports on a series of reviews and empirical studies designed to further the development of evidence-based coaching practice (EBCP). A review of the relevant literature revealed that the development of solid evidence-based foundations is critical if coaching is to realise its promise and potential. As events surrounding the decline of the human potential movement (HPM) in the 1960s and 1970s indicate, the absence of theoretically-based rationales and solid research support may be a reliable predictor of decline for particular treatment modalities. Whilst the development of EBCP has important implications for the formal preparation of coaches, pedagogical recommendations to industry educators are difficult whilst the characteristics of the coaching industry remain hidden. In order to develop the profile of the Australian coaching industry, a survey was conducted of 148 practicing coaches. The results of this study revealed the presence of a diverse local industry. Despite the existence of a small core of highly experienced practitioners, the majority of coaches appeared to have little coaching experience and greatly varied skills and experience. Interestingly, only 20% of respondents reported any formal training in psychology or the other helping professions. Given recent data that suggests mental health issues may sometimes be encountered in coaching (Green, Oades, & Grant, 2006; Spence & Grant, in press), it is concluded that the majority of coaches lack the skills and knowledge to identify and deal effectively with such eventualities. As the development of an informed strategy for dealing with mental health issues would move the practice of coaching onto a more professional footing, it is recommended that coaches receive basic training in the identification and appropriate referral of such issues. Much of the work presented in this dissertation is based on the presupposition that client outcomes can be optimised through the use of EBCP. However, as this assumption has yet to be empirically tested, a total of 63 participants took part in a 10-week life coaching program. The results showed that when life coaching was conducted by coaches trained in cognitive-behavioural solution-focused (CB-SF) coaching methods (i.e. professional coaching), as opposed to untrained peers (i.e. peer coaching), participants were more engaged in coaching and reported significantly greater goal attainment, goal commitment and environmental mastery. Effective goal-directed self-regulation requires that individuals remain focused on their goals overtime, whilst managing a steady stream of disturbances that can destabilise goal directed effort. In this regard, the construct of mindfulness has much conceptual relevance. Mindfulness reflects the unique human capacity for directing conscious awareness via the controlled deployment of attention. After an extensive review of the scholarly literature, three alternative conceptualisations are presented (i.e. Eastern religious, socio-cognitive and cognitive-attentional perspectives), accompanied by a description of the mindfulness skills training practices associated with each. A total of 72 participants then took part in a study to assess the impact of three mindfulness training (MT) programs on mindfulness, goal-directed self-regulation, mental health and wellbeing. The results revealed that all the MT programs were effective in significantly increasing mindfulness and a variety of mental health and wellbeing indicators. Importantly, MT was also found to significantly increase goal attainment; suggesting that MT may be a valuable addition to EBCP. Goal attainment is a key dependent variable in coaching research. However, the measurement of goal attainment has yet to receive much attention in the coaching literature. As most empirical coaching studies have reported findings based on measures that rely exclusively on subjective measures of performance (measures that are susceptible to several forms of distortion and bias), some key issues relating to the measurement of goal attainment are reviewed and explored in detail. From this review, goal attainment scaling (GAS) is identified as a potentially useful methodology with which both researchers and practitioners can document and evaluate coaching outcomes. The final study pulls together the threads from work presented to that point, and integrates them into a practice framework for coaching. A total of 42 participants took part in this study, which investigated the efficacy of using MT and CB-SF coaching to facilitate the attainment of health goals. The results showed that the delivery of MT prior to (rather than after) CB-SF coaching was more effective in facilitating these outcomes. This suggests MT may be important in coaching for helping people prepare for change.
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Yoshino, Diana L. "The effectiveness of a dual modality treatment sequence for depression." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/684.
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Engelbrecht, Catherine. "Individual differences in the use of behavioural regulation : differentiating the influence of future-orientation and personality traits on the perception of well-being." Thesis, Abertay University, 2015. https://rke.abertay.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/c58ae6bb-48cb-4093-9bf0-e17ba6f0107a.
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Within the psychological literature two main approaches can be identified as influential factors in the increase of well-being, defined in this thesis as Hedonic (SWB) vs. Eudaimonic Well-Being (PWB). One of the key qualities of the human mind is its ability to think about and act upon the future. The first approach emphasises the role of psychological strengths related to the utilisation of foresight and planning in such a way as to influence the consequences of current actions. The second approach focuses on the function of basic personality traits in the setting of goals and mental functioning. To integrate these approaches, this thesis brings together two lines of research: future-orientation and personality traits. Two longitudinal studies investigate the predictive qualities of future-orientated constructs in relation to personality traits, while also focusing on their contribution to the setting and attainment of goals and the perception of well-being. In the first study two cognitive-motivational scales, Hope and Personal Growth Initiative (PGI), were administered to measure two hundred and sixty four participants’ future-orientation. The first aim of this study was to examine the distinctiveness of these two scales in predicting well-being. Results from factor analyses cast doubt on the uniqueness of Hope and PGI, while regression analyses demonstrate Hope to be the strongest, most significant predictor of PWB and SWB. A further aim of the study was to ascertain if future-orientation could account for additional variance in the prediction of well-being, after the influence of the Eysenck’s Personality traits have been controlled for. It was indicated that individuals’ Hope levels do account for residual variance in PWB and SWB. The last aim of the study was to determine if future-orientation could contribute to long-term goal attainment and well-being. The results indicate that participant’s Hope levels did not significantly contribute to long-term goal attainment, however it had a direct, significant effect on long-term PWB. The second study, utilising 117 participants, replicated prior findings that demonstrate Hope, instead of PGI, to be the strongest, most significant predictor of both PWB and SWB. The study also extents prior research by utilising the Big-Five traits in the prediction of PWB and SWB. Factor analyses results indicate Hope to share an underlying factor structure with Openness and Conscientiousness, while PGI share an underlying factor structure with Agreeableness. It was further indicated that participants’ Hope, but not PGI, accounts for residual variance in the prediction of PWB, after controlling for the Big-Five traits. Conversely, Hope and PGI did not account for any residual variance in the prediction of SWB, instead almost 60% of the variance can be attributed to the Big-Five personality traits. Extending the first study, the aim of the second study was to ascertain attainment through independent verification and not participant self-assessment. The results indicate that participants who demonstrate greater levels of Openness and PGI tend to set higher quantitative goals. Although not predictive of goal attainment, participants with greater Openness showed higher performance on the goals. Overall, the results question the distinctiveness of Hope and PGI in the prediction of well-being. It adds to our knowledge of how psychological strengths such as future-orientation can contribute variance to the prediction of well-being after basic personality traits have been controlled for. Finally the results also add to our understanding of how personality traits, as well as, Hope and PGI independently contribute to the setting of goals.
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Fischer, Lilo [Verfasser]. "Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) bei der Evaluation der langfristigen Effektivität des kognitiv-behavioralen Trainingsprogramms SAVE für jugendliche AD(H)S Patienten / Lilo Fischer." Ulm : Universität Ulm. Medizinische Fakultät, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1060116421/34.
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Crawford, Elizabeth. "An exploration of the influence of cultural variability on members of multicultural student groups as they work together towards the attainment of a mutual goal." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436632.
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Sutton, Lawrence Edward. "An investigation of the effects of Personal Mastery Counseling on goal attainment, self-concept, locus-of-control, and behavior ratings of junior high school students." W&M ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539618465.
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This study focused on the effectiveness of Personal Mastery Counseling (PMC), a small-group cognitive-behavioral approach to counseling. Thirty 7th grade male volunteers were assigned, 10 subjects per group, to a PMC group, a bibliotherapy group, or a No-Treatment Control group. The PMC group participated in ten 55-minute counseling sessions. The PMC group leader helped the subjects identify and eliminate self-defeating behaviors by teaching them how to set behavioral goals, accept personal responsibility, practice new behaviors, and monitor improvement. The bibliotherapy group participated in ten 55-minute sessions with assigned readings and discussions on eliminating self-defeating behaviors and improving self-concept. The No-Treatment Control group met only for pre- and post-testing.;Academic grade point averages, the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, and Rotter's I-E Scale were administered pre- and post-treatment. A teacher-completed behavior rating scale and an individualized goal attainment scale were administered post-treatment only. It was hypothesized that the PMC group would show significantly greater improvement in self-concept, locus of control, and grade point average than the bibliotherapy or the control group; that students participating in PMC would receive significantly higher teacher behavior/conduct and class participation ratings than students in the bibliotherapy group; and that students in the PMC group would make more improvement on a goal attainment scale than would be predicted by chance variations.;Data analysis using an analysis of variance did not demonstrate that PMC positively effected self-concept, locus of control, grade point average, or teacher ratings. A Chi-square one-sample test did indicate that PMC students made significantly higher than expected goal attainment scale ratings after treatment.;It was concluded that neither Personal Mastery Counseling nor bibliotherapy significantly effected the self-concept, locus of control, grades, or teacher ratings of 7th grade male students. Personal Mastery Counseling did however help students modify a self-defeating behavior. Several possible reasons were discussed for the failure to obtain hypothesized results with all but one variable.
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Turnbull, John. "Quality of care for people with mental handicap and challenging behaviour : an investigation of the impact of staff training in goal attainment scaling and behavioural procedures." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2807.
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This study examined the contribution to quality of care of a goal planning technique called Goal Attainment Scaling and its impact upon the quality of life of people with severe mental handicaps and challenging behaviour. The study also seeks to establish the utility of employing Goal Attainment Scaling as a means of evaluating clinical nursing performance, This study essentially aims to bring about changes in the care practices of nurses using a comprehensive staff management procedure. The study was designed as a four phase intervention using a multiple baseline design across three wards in a hospital for people with mental handicaps. Staff on three wards (n = 41) were initially trained over three phases in the use of Goal Attainment Scaling and other procedures. Training was carried out by a combination of workshops and individual tuition which incorporated the use of individualised learning contracts for staff. The fourth phase consisted of establishing weekly meetings to set objectives for staff to achieve that were specifically related to material covered in training. If targets were achieved, staff performance was followed by letters of recognition from managers and by financial donations to ward funds. Dependent measures included frequency of challenging behaviour, quality of staff-resident interaction and engagement, ward activity, residents' adaptive behaviour, staff attitudes and goals set by staff. Results indicate that adaptive behaviour increased by small but statistically significant levels. Levels of challenging display a mixed pattern of results, as do levels of ward activity and quality of interaction, although encouraging trends may be identified. Despite some increases, residents still spend significant amounts of time unoccupied. The number of goals set increased throughout the study, particularly in phase four, data for staff attitudes were not used because of the low compliance rate and changes indicated below. Considerable problems were encountered with turnover of staff and other organisational changes outwith the researcher's control which compromised both the quality of training given to staff and, by virtue of this, the final results. Statistically significant relationships were found to exist between staff turnover and interaction. The implications of this study are discussed and recommendations made for future research.
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Brooks, Byron, and Jameson K. Hirsch. "State Hope Scale." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5490.
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Partha, Gautam. "Evaluating Outcomes Related to Hypertension in Toledo-Lucas County CareNet Patients." University of Toledo Health Science Campus / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=mco1333690615.
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Coleman, Max. "Anomie: Concept, Theory, Research Promise." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1402101670.
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Coetzee, Elsie Margaretha. "Strategic communication in alliances : perceptions of alliances partners on relationship outcomes." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29790.
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Organisations experience increased social, political and economic pressure that is evident in the increased pressure that stakeholders place on organisations. Organisations increasingly realise that stakeholders’ values and objectives need to be incorporated into organisational strategy as well as the day-to-day management of the organisation. Organisational success and survival consequently depends on the organisation’s network of relationships, which provide the organisation with otherwise inaccessible resources and a competitive advantage. Organisational relationships offer the best solution towards illustrating the value of public relations and communication in the organisation. These relationships enable the organisation to attain its long- and short-term goals. Communication is a key influencer of the success of these relationships and communication managers are consequently better adept to manage these relationships. The relationship perspective of communication posits that public relations and communication managers should act in a boundary spanning role by balancing the interests of companies and stakeholders through effective relationship management. A shift has consequently occurred from purely communication management towards building mutually beneficial relationships between an organisation and its key stakeholders. There has also been an increased recognition of the need for strategically managed communication programs that can effectively contribute to organisational success. Strategic communication assists an organisation to adapt to its stakeholder environment by feeding into the organisation’s strategy formulation process intelligence with regards to strategic stakeholders, which, in turn, assists in building mutually beneficial relationships with these stakeholders. Communication managers’ efforts towards the effective management of organisational relationships has been hampered by the lack of current literature on organisational relationships, a lack of knowledge regarding the factors that influence these relationships, as well as the lack of a reliable and quantifiable definition of organisational relationships. Knowledge on these key areas could enable communication managers to manage these relationships effectively through strategic communication that is characterised by open and two-way communication. This study aimed to determine the connection between organisational relationships and organisational success by investigating the relationship between organisational alliances (as a specific form of organisational relationship) and goal attainment. The three-stage model of organisational relationships proposed by Grunig and Huang (2000:34) was applied to organisational alliances in order to determine this relationship, as well as to determine the influence of key constructs like type of industry, type of alliance, duration of the alliance and the size of the organisation. The reliability of using this framework, specifically the relationship outcomes proposed by the three-stage model, was investigated. The relationship outcomes (trust, commitment, relational satisfaction and control mutuality) were positively related to perceptions of goal attainment. This implies that if trust, commitment, relational satisfaction and control mutuality increases in an organisational alliance, the perceptions of goal attainment also increase within that organisational relationship. These findings suggest that effective communication contributes to perceptions of goal attainment within organisational relationships. It offers public relations and communication practitioners a means to demonstrate the contribution of this function to organisational success. High correlations between the relationship outcomes reflected current findings on these outcomes and a factor analysis indicated that only one factor was being measured – the organisational relationship itself. The study proposed an improved measurement instrument for reliably measuring organisational relationships (Cronbach Alpha = 0.93). The type of industry, type of alliance, duration of the alliance as well as the size of the organisation did not have a significant influence on the relationship outcomes or the proposed measure of organisational relationships. This implies that the current proposed measurement instrument can be applied to numerous contexts. A general linear model was applied to goal attainment (as the dependent variable) and the relationship outcomes (as the independent variables) in order to determine the specific contribution of each relationship outcome on perceptions of goal attainment. The regression analysis indicated that control mutuality was the greatest influencer of perceptions of goal attainment within alliances. A noticeably low influence of trust was also measured. These findings were obtained through the use of an e-mail survey that obtained cross-sectional data, where 154 alliances were observed (n=154). The study contributed to present literature on organisational relationships by using Grunig and Huang’s (2000:43) three-stage model to explain the relationship between perceptions of goal attainment and the relationship outcomes in alliances within the South African context. Strategic communication management provides a solution to a key organisational issue – the organisation’s interdependence with the stakeholders in its environment and how these stakeholders can better be managed in order to more effectively contribute towards organisational success. Communication managers can demonstrate their value by effectively managing key organisational relationships like alliances by integrating these relationships into organisational strategy. These successful organisational relationships also contribute towards organisational sustainability by enabling the organisation to attain its long- and short-term goals.<br>Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2008.<br>Communication Management<br>MCom<br>Unrestricted