Wanting or having to: The role of goal self-concordance in episodic future thinking

Ernst, Alexandra; Philippe, Frédérick L.; D’Argembeau, Arnaud

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2018.10.004

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“…Therefore, expecting longer time for the situation to ameliorate/resolve could be a manifestation of older adults' emotion regulation strategies. On the other side of the life-span, as young adults are more future-oriented, they may be more prone to underestimate the lasting effects of the pandemic, and to expect a closer conclusion of the emergency and a fast return to "normality" (Ernst, Philippe, & D'Argembeau, 2018;Ernst & D'Argembeau, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Age-related differences in the perception of COVID-19 emergency during the Italian outbreak

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Palumbo

Crosta

et al. 2020

Aging & Mental Health

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Age-related differences in the perception of COVID-19 emergency during the Italian outbreak

Ceccato

Palumbo

Crosta

et al. 2020

Aging & Mental Health

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“…Content-specific EFT may particularly motivate farsighted decisions by explicitly binding the delayed option to one's personal future goals (Boyer, 2008;Ernst et al, 2018). However, the few studies that have directly compared the influence of content-specific versus generic EFT have yielded inconclusive results (Dassen et al, 2016;Hollis-Hansen et al, 2019;O'Donnell et al, 2017).…”

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Promoting farsighted decisions via episodic future thinking: A meta-analysis

Rösch¹,

Stramaccia²

2021

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Episodic future thinking (EFT) denotes our capacity to imagine prospective events. It has been suggested to promote farsighted decisions that entail a trade-off between short-term versus long-term gains. Here, we meta-analyze the evidence for the impact of EFT on such intertemporal choices that have monetary or health-relevant consequences. Across 174 effect sizes from 48 articles, a three-level model yielded a medium-sized effect of g = 0.44, 95% CI [0.33, 0.55]. Notably, this analysis included a substantial number of unpublished experiments, and the effect remained stable following further adjustments for remaining publication bias. We exploited the observed heterogeneity to determine critical core components that moderate the impact of EFT. Specifically, the effect was stronger when the imagined events were positive, more vivid, and related to the delayed choice. We further obtained evidence for the contribution of the episodicity and future-orientedness of EFT. Of note, EFT had a greater impact in samples characterized by choice impulsivity (e.g., in obesity), suggesting that EFT can ameliorate maladaptive decision making. Additional analyses indicated that the effect is unlikely to merely reflect demand characteristics. Together, these results highlight the potential of EFT in promoting long-term goals, a finding that extends from the laboratory to real-life decisions.

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“…Phenomenologically akin to the experiences conceptualized to influence behavior in Markus and Nurius' (1986) theory of possible selves, episodic future thinking is hypothesized to play an important role "in guiding and motivating actions to bring about desired future states" (D'Argembeau, 2020, p. 362). Paying particular attention to the role ascribed to personal or "self-concordant" goals (Ernst, Philippe & D'Argembeau, 2018), and aligned with Dörnyei's (2020) conceptualizations of persistence in L2 learning, I offer insights into the central dimensions of the theory and explain how it can support our understanding of long-term motivation. Since this article forms part of a special issue dedicated to the memory of the journal's founding editor, Professor İsmail Hakkı Erten, it is fitting that this exploration should begin with research into preservice EFL teachers' professional aspirations that he initiated.…”

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Possible selves and personal goals: What can we learn from episodic future thinking?

Henry¹

2020

Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics

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Mental time travel lies at the frontier of research into motivational persistence in language learning (Dörnyei, 2020). This article introduces the theory of episodic future thinking (D'Argembeau, 2016(D'Argembeau, , 2020, and examines the key components of autobiographical knowledge and personally important goals. With findings on the long-term goals and career aspirations of preservice English teachers as a departure point (Erten, 2014;Ölmez Çağlar, 2019), I outline the contributions that episodic future thinking can make to the psychology of second language learning and teaching. Positioning episodic future thinking in conceptual terrain at the intersection of vision-based theories of L2 motivation (Dörnyei, 2009), Self Determination Theory frameworks (Noels, 2009), and narrative, life-story approaches (Dörnyei & Ryan, 2015), I explain how it can inform the investigation of motivational persistence.

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Wanting or having to: The role of goal self-concordance in episodic future thinking

Cited by 33 publications

References 82 publications

Age-related differences in the perception of COVID-19 emergency during the Italian outbreak

Age-related differences in the perception of COVID-19 emergency during the Italian outbreak

Promoting farsighted decisions via episodic future thinking: A meta-analysis

Possible selves and personal goals: What can we learn from episodic future thinking?

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