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The effect of anticipated affect on persistence and performance
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posted on 2023-06-07, 18:20 authored by Tobias GreitemeyerThe aim of the present research was to examine the interplay between predictions of the affective impact of future events and goal-relevant behavior. More concretely, three studies tested the hypothesis that affective forecasts influence persistent goal behavior and achievement. In Studies 1 and 2, participants who predicted that success would make them happier and failure would make them feel worse were more persistent and correctly solved more tasks of an intelligence test. However, as Study 3 revealed, extreme affective forecasts also led to persistent efforts to find solutions for unsolvable tasks and, consequently, decreased overall performance. In all studies, participants anticipated more intense emotional reactions than they actually experienced (impact bias)
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- Published
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Personality and Social Psychology BulletinISSN
0146-1672Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
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2Volume
35Page range
172-186Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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2013-01-29Usage metrics
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