Effects Of Goal-setting Intervention Research Articles

The Effects of Goal-Setting Intervention with Mobile Apps on Behavioral Regulation and Life Quality

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a mobile-based goal-setting intervention among university students compared to the control group. The main hypothesis of the study was that the intervention would affect the behavioral regulation and life quality of students. The participants of this study were first-year economics students from a Chinese university. The research method was a questionnaire. At the start, the life quality and behavioral regulation of students did not significantly differ. In the post-test, intergroup differences in behavioral regulation were generally significant, but the size of the effects was small. In terms of life quality, the post-test revealed significant intergroup differences with strong effect sizes. Changes in Intrinsic regulation predicted change in Social Relationships, and changes in lntrojected regulation and Identified regulation predicted change in Psychological Health. This study postulates the need to develop behavioral skills to systematically engage in physical activity.

The effects of goal-setting interventions on three volleyball skills: a single-subject design

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a goal setting intervention program, on basic components of volleyball performance over a competitive season. A multiple-baseline, single-subject design was used with video observations on three performance components (serving, serve-receiving and attacking), collected for three woman volleyball players, in amateur level-six years experience. Every skill evaluated using three symbols: 0 = the lost (a point lost by player), + = the perfect (a point won by player) and − = the neutral (continued the phase). This method evaluates the effectiveness of individual components of performance. At the midseason break, participants selected one skill of their play that they felt would benefit from improvement. A goal-setting program was designed based on the goal attainment scaling procedure recommended by Smith (1988). According to the program participants generated numerical targets for their chosen skills. Performance skills were assessed for the next seven matches as they had been in the pre-intervention phase. Participants showed no significant improvements in their targeted area of performance. The findings suggest that amateur athletes cannot enhance their performance by using the goal attainment scaling as an intervention strategy during the games of the competitive season.

Injury Rehabilitation: A Goal-Setting Intervention Study

The study examined the effects of a 5-week goal-setting intervention on athletes' rehabilitation adherence, self-efficacy, treatment efficacy, and the psychological response variables: dispirited and reorganization. Participants were matched across six variables and randomly assigned to one of three groups: goal-setting intervention, social support control, and control. The results confirmed some of the hypothesized effects of the goal-setting intervention: (a) athlete self-report of adherence showed the goal-setting group adhered significantly more to the rehabilitation program than the other two groups; (b) the goal-setting intervention resulted in significant group differences for self-efficacy (the goal-setting group having the highest level of self-efficacy); and (c) there was a significant increase across time for reorganization and decrease across time for dispirited (between specific time phases).