Unattainable Goals Research Articles

Using mental contrasting to promote flow experiences at work: A just-in-time adaptive intervention

Using repeated measurements in everyday life, we assessed whether a smartphone-based just-in-time adaptive intervention prompting use of metacognitive strategies enhances flow at work. Assuming that setting clear goals and disengaging from unattainable or undesirable goals enables individuals to engage in tasks aligned with their skills, we expected that mentally contrasting positive outcomes of a wish with an inner obstacle to the realization of this wish increases flow compared to a simple goal-setting strategy. We reminded participants (N = 59 knowledge workers) either adaptively or statically to use mental contrasting or the control goal-setting strategy. Repeated strategy use increased the likelihood of experiencing flow regardless of the specific strategy employed. However, results show that flow increases more over time when applying mental contrasting than the control strategy. Our findings fail to confirm the superiority of the prompt using an adaptive decision rule for when the person receives support compared to the static prompt. We discuss the necessity of assessing extended periods to examine differences between adaptive and static support in terms of habit formation and intervention fatigue. Our study contributes to the development of smartphone-based, adaptive interventions for knowledge workers which enable them to autonomously increase their flow in everyday life.

Analyzing innovative policies and practices for palliative care in Portugal: a qualitative study

BackgroundCountries with formal policies for palliative care, and advanced and integrated practices in this field, such as Portugal, face challenges in achieving excellence in care, particularly in home-based assistance. Issues include care coordination among providers, confusion regarding the roles of each health care professional in the network, and a lack of monitoring and evaluation of actions. Our objective was to analyze the implementation of palliative care in primary health care in Portugal.MethodsWe conducted a qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory study in Portugal involving health care professionals with experience in palliative care. The data were collected through semistructured interviews and focus groups between March and October 2023. Eighteen health care professionals participated. We used the Alceste software for lexicographic analysis. The research was authorized by an Ethics Committee.ResultsFour classes were identified; classes 1 and 2, comprising 77% of the corpus, addressed the study objectives. Participants highlighted inequitable access, strategic development plans with unattainable short-term goals; and low literacy. They emphasized the importance of legislation, professional training initiatives for generalist palliative care at home, and early referral. Home-based challenges included professionals’ lack of exclusive dedication, absence of 24/7 coverage, and unavailability of capable family caregivers. The networks’ response to hospital admissions and patient transitions from hospital to home, with access to the specialized team, was also inadequate.ConclusionsHealth care professionals aim to increase patients’ time spent at home, reduce emergency department visits, and minimize hospitalizations by leveraging the resources of the national palliative care network. In addition to investments to sustain network implementation and legally guaranteed palliative care rights, the country must focus on measurable indicators for evaluating and monitoring actions, providing better guidance in the short, medium, and long term.

Role of Gender between the relationship of Academic Stress and Academic Procrastination

Education is crucial for everyone in the twenty-first century. Planning for the future is acknowledged to be greatly aided by education, particularly at the university level. Procrastination is prevalent among university students and it affects different aspects of their personal and academic life. The study was carried out to investigate the role of gender between the relationship of academic stress and academic procrastination among university students of Bahauddin Zakariya Multan, Pakistan. This quantitative research was completed through correlational deign. Sample of 571 student (male=251, female=320) were selected by employing convenient sampling technique. Findings of study reveal that there is positive relationship between academic stress and academic procrastination. Moreover, Results depict that academic procrastination is a significant positive predictor of academic stress. In addition, male students reported the greater level of academic stress and academic procrastination as compared to female university students. Furthermore, the major causes of academic stress are lack of work schedule planning, procrastination, poor eating, sleeping, and exercise habits, and unattainable academic goals. Coping strategies should be recommended for the students to encounter their academic stress and academic procrastination.

Individual differences in goal adjustment: convergence and divergence among three theoretical models.

Individual differences in dealing with unattainable goals or resource-consumptive goal pursuit are conceptualized as goal adjustment processes in three theoretical approaches: accommodative coping (two-process model of developmental regulation), compensatory secondary coping (motivational theory of life-span development), and goal disengagement and goal reengagement (goal adjustment theory). The aim of this paper is to conceptually and empirically analyze convergences and divergences between the three approaches as well as their relationship with indicators of well-being and their intersections with cognitive emotion regulation. The empirical study is based on a cross-sectional online survey (N = 433; M = 28.9 years, SD = 8.4 years; 50% female). The conceptual analysis yields clear convergences, but also differences. Empirically, clear but partially non-redundant relationships between the concepts are found in structural equation models. Accommodative coping showed the strongest correlations with measures of well-being and cognitive emotion regulation. When all goal adjustment measures are included simultaneously as predictors of well-being, accommodation remains as the strongest predictor (and partly goal reengagement as well), while goal disengagement shows opposing relationships with most measures of well-being. We discuss the lessons learnt from these findings and conclude by proposing future avenues to examine goal adjustment processes.

The pursuit of unattainable goals

Liminality is a sociological construct that describes the process of identity transitions and group assimilations that occurs over time as a function of rites of passages. Liminal Commitment Theory (LCT) represents an extension of an analysis of the psychological factors that motivated people to search over a decade for a bronze treasure chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains. LCT postulates that many seductive factors that motivate treasure hunting generalize to other equally “unattainable” goal pursuits. Unattainability in this theory is defined by the goal’s distal nature and markedly low public or personal estimate of achievability. The aspiration may be viewed as laudable or unsettling, and outcomes can vary from monumental achievements to utter hardship. A central tenet of the theory is that meaningful long-term commitments occur in a stepwise leveling process with transitions through serial impasses into increasingly sophisticated plateaus of competence. LCT examines the psychological needs, traits, and environmental contingencies that compel people to pursue lofty objectives. The Fenn treasure hunt was relied upon to illustrate how LCT principles might account for audacious goal pursuits.

Architecture Prediction of 3D Composites Using Machine Learning and No‐Destructive Technique

AbstractThe field of composites has seen a surge in the adoption of machine learning techniques due to their ability to achieve once unattainable goals. Presently, machine learning research in composites primarily centers around predicting composite properties or optimizing microstructures to attain specific properties. This paper presents a data‐driven approach to predict the complete architecture of composites. A multi‐output machine learning model, based on conventional XGBoost algorithms, is developed to comprehend the intricate correlation between composite architecture and elastic wave propagation in them. The machine learning model uses input elastic wave signals collected at one face of the composite cube, induced by an actuator on the opposite face of the cube, as features. The composition labels are 3D matrices that represent the architectures of the composite cubes. The results show that the architecture of composites can be predicted using a short period of elastic wave travel through the composites, with up to 96% accuracy. This method can be readily adapted and implemented for any industry application requiring the determination of the architecture of unknown composites without destruction.

Impact of Mindfulness and Coping Strategies on the Career Orientation among the University Students of Lahore, Pakistan

Mindfulness can be a way to create an understanding of one’s self. The current study gives an insight into students who deploy coping strategies and mindfulness as prevailing techniques when they face difficulties along with the indication that can make them able to disengage or reengage from unattainable careers. Moreover, the research study adds to a growing body of research highlighting the relationship between mindfulness and coping strategies in terms of career orientation among university students in Lahore, Pakistan. For this purpose, a sample size of 377 students was gathered through a survey method. The responses were analyzed by using 25 versions of the Statistics Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Usually, SPSS is used for measuring relationships by conducting a regression analysis, descriptive analysis, model summary, and ANOVA. The findings of this study reveal that mindfulness and coping strategies significantly impact career orientation without a doubt the more mindful students could be the more likely they are to disengage from failures or unattainable goals in making career decision and be hopeful about future. It suggests that mindfulness ability can improve the student goal adjustment abilities confronted challenges in future. So as to align their effects and drive themselves towards realistic goal As a result, mindfulness and coping strategies can be considered as key strategies towards building a successful career orientation. Additionally, these developmental strategies are recommended to the universities for a developed student career orientation.

Trends and Determinants of The Maternal Mortality Ratio Based on Healthcare Resources

ABSTRACT
 Health resources play an essential role in realizing the unattainable Sustainable Development Goals targets in lowering maternal mortality ratio (MMR) globally. The study aimed to analyze trends and determinants of MMR based on the number of healthcare resources in Indonesia. This study was a descriptive retrospective study with a cross-sectional approach. Data on the health program achievements in Central Java province, Indonesia from 2016 to 2020 was analyzed using bivariate analysis with scatter plots, statistical analysis with Pearson correlation tests, and multiple linear analysis using Tableau software. Results showed that the MMR was decreased in 2016-2019, however it was increased in 2020. The ratio of obstetrics-gynecology specialists and nutritional personnel had impact on the maternal mortality ratio in 2016 (p-value <0.05). While the general practitioners and nutritional workers ratio also affected the maternal mortality ratio in 2017 and 2019 to 2020 with p-value <0.05. Our study concluded that the trend of MMR in Indonesia was affected by the number of healthcare personnel resources. It is recommended that the Indonesian government should fulfill the quantity and equalization of the distribution of healthcare personnel resources particularly the obstetrics-gynecology specialists, general practitioners, and nutritional workers so the MMR could be decreased.

Peer Pressure, Academic Stress and Goal Adjustment in Day Scholars and Hostelite College Students

The current study aimed to investigate the gender differences in peer pressure, academic stress, and goal adjustment in day scholars and hostelite college students. A cross-sectional survey research design and convenience sampling strategy were used. Data were collected from 300 college students (day scholars = 171 and hostelites = 129) with a mean age of 17.26(0.86) years of day scholars and a mean age of 17.57(0.91) of hostelites from various public and private colleges, Lahore. For this purpose, Peer Pressure Inventory (Kiran-Esen, 2003) was used to measure peer pressure, Academic stress was measured by using Academic Stress Scale (Kim, 1970) and Goal Adjustment Scale (Wrosch, Scheier, Miller, Schulz, & Carver, 2003) used to measure goal adjustment and demographic information was also obtained. Reliability analysis, independent samples t-test, and Two-way MANOVA were applied. A t-test revealed that day scholar college students experience more direct peer pressure and academic stress. They are more tend to disengage in unattainable goals and are more inclined to reengage in attainable goals rather than hostelite college students. Two-way MANOVA depicted that day scholar boys assume direct peer pressure and they more disengage in unattainable goals and reengage in attainable goals as compared to day scholar girls and hostelite girls and boy college students. The current study will give insight to related educational governing bodies to introduce effective educational methods and a sound environment for students where they can deal with academic stress effectively and be more involved in goal reengagement.

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Work Motivation and Neurotic Perfectionism as Predictors of Workaholism

The basic goal of this research was to examine which aspects of work motivation and perfectionism predict workaholism, in order to identify potential risk factors. Workaholism is defined as an internal need to work excessively that damages our health and psychosocial well-being, leading to long-term exhaustion and work inefficacy. Intrinsic motivation stems from the feeling of satisfaction inherent in doing work-related tasks and using our professional competencies, whereas extrinsic motivation stems from external rewards, a satisfaction of our other needs through work. The basis of neurotic perfectionism lies in the constant discrepancy between the goals person has set and what is achieved, which can lead to chronic dissatisfaction. The following instruments were used: The almost Perfect Scale, the Work extrinsic and intrinsic motivation scale, and Bergen Work Addiction Scale. The sample consisted of 109 participants, workers from the Republika Srpska area, aged 21 to 55. Most of the sample consisted of female participants (75.24%). The results of Kolmogorov-Smirnoff tests show that participants' scores on all examined variables are distributed normally. The fact that workaholism is moderately present in our sample is opposite from original expectations and highlights the need to further examine the prevalence of this phenomenon in the general working population. The predictive model as a whole is statistically significant (F(5,103)=5.01,p&lt;0.00) and predicts 16% of workaholism variance. However, only perfectionism component discrepancy was a significant and positive predictor of workaholism, but not intrinsic or extrinsic work motivation. The results suggest that workaholism can originate from the efforts of perfectionistic persons to overcome their perceived failures in achieving their unrealistically high goals. It is possible that, through time, obsessive work becomes a means to avoid dealing with negative emotions towards themselves, and also as a way to excuse themselves from real or irrational failures (“I did not achieve my goal, but I worked really hard and I will keep trying”). Of course, in the long run, excessive perfectionism combined with workaholism leads to utter exhaustion and further deterioration of work performance. In order to cope with the constant rise of negative feelings a person tries to work even harder and to achieve increasingly unrealistic goals, leading to a downward spiral of self-destruction. The implications of this research are that in order to treat workaholism it may be necessary to question the structure of unattainable goals that a person sets and the underlying feelings of inadequacy, self-doubt, and self-loathing that may play an important role in perpetuating maladaptive behavior of a typical workaholic. Workaholism must be studied as a part of wider personality structure and dynamic, as it serves an important (and maladaptive) role in defense against unwanted feelings and ideas of lesser worth, failure, etc.

RUMİNASYONUN YANSITMA VE KÖTÜMSER DÜŞÜNME BOYUTLARININ YORDAYICILARI: ÖZ-BELİRLEME KURAMI PERSPEKTİFİ

Past research has shown that rumination is a multifaced construct and two types of rumination were distinguished, reflection (adaptive contemplation) and brooding (pessimistic thinking style). Although they are related, brooding and reflection are considered different constructs. Self-determination theory proposes that there are three basic psychological needs, namely autonomy, competence, and relatedness, which are essential for human functioning and well-being. The frustration of these needs can create a discrepancy between actual and ideal states of goal attainment (satisfaction of the needs for autonomy, relatedness, and competence), which initiate rumination about unattained goals. Grounded on self-determination theory, the present study aimed to examine the link between need satisfaction and frustration and dimensions of rumination with a cross-sectional design. The data of the present study were collected during the Pandemic. Undergraduate university students (N = 464, female 69%, Mage = 21.90, SD = 2.88) from different departments of a major state university in Turkey participated in the current study. Ruminative Response Scale-Short Form and Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale were administered via an online survey tool. Results showed that while the brooding dimension of rumination was predicted by the frustration of autonomy, relatedness, and competence need, the reflection dimension was predicted by relatedness and competence frustration. Need frustration explained unique variance in brooding and reflection. Although the reflection dimension of rumination is considered adaptive, the results showed that it might be a maladaptive coping strategy under a highly controlling and uncertain environment. The findings of the present research suggest that supporting need satisfaction has critical importance in decreasing rumination.

Goal motives and mental contrasting with implementation intentions facilitate strategic goal persistence and disengagement

AbstractIn three experiments, we examine the role of motives underlying goal pursuit and the metacognitive strategy of mental contrasting with implementation intentions (MCII) to predict the strategic use of self‐regulation responses (persistence, disengagement, and reengagement) when faced with attainable, unattainable, or multiple goals. We trained half of the participants to use MCII and treated the rest as control. Experiment 1 (N = 261) underscored the role of autonomous motivation in nurturing adaptive cognitive appraisals and coping mechanisms, which facilitated persistence and progress with a difficult but attainable goal. In contrast, controlled motives undermined striving by predicting threat appraisals and giving up coping. MCII training ameliorated the negative impact of controlled motivation on goal striving by reducing threat appraisals. In Experiment 2 (N = 391), we manipulated the task to make the initial goal unattainable. Strategic goal striving (disengagement from the unattainable goal followed by reengagement with an alternative goal) was facilitated by MCII and autonomous goal motives, and culminated in increases in positive affect. In Experiment 3 (N = 432), we extended these findings to a multiple‐goal setting. The research further develops the literatures on self‐regulation and self‐determination, while having implications for life domains where individuals pursue multiple and/or difficult goals.

Nitric-Oxide-Modulatory Materials for Biomedical Applications.

Nitric oxide (NO) is an endogenous signaling molecule that participates in various physiological and biological pathways associated with vasodilation, immune response, and cell apoptosis. Interestingly, NO has versatile and distinct functions in vivo depending on its concentration and the duration of exposure; it aids cellular proliferation at nanomolar concentrations but causes cellular death at micromolar concentrations. Therefore, achieving the precise and on-demand modulation of microenvironmental NO concentrations has become a major research target in biomedical fields. To this end, many studies have investigated feasible means for developing functional moieties that can either exogenously donate or selectively scavenge NO. However, these advances are limited by poor stability and a lack of target specificity, which represent two significant obstacles regarding the spatiotemporal adjustment of NO in vivo. Our group has addressed this issue by contributing to the development of next-generation NO-modulatory materials over the past decade. Over this period, we utilized various polymeric, inorganic, and hybrid systems to enhance the bioavailability of traditional NO donors or scavengers in an attempt to maximize their clinical usage while also minimizing their unwanted side effects. In this Account, strategies regarding the rational design of NO-modulatory materials are first summarized and discussed, depending on their specific purposes. These strategies include chemical approaches for encapsulating traditional NO donors inside specific vehicles; this prevents spontaneous NO release and allows said donors to be exposed on-demand, under a certain stimulus. The current status of these approaches and the recent contributions of other groups are also comprehensively discussed here to ensure an objective understanding of the topic. Moreover, in this paper, we discuss strategies for the selective depletion of NO from local inflammatory sites, where the overproduction of NO is problematic. Finally, the major challenges for current NO-modulatory systems are discussed, and requirements are outlined that need to be tackled to achieve their future therapeutic development. Starting from this current, relatively early stage of development, we propose that, through continuous efforts to surmount existing challenges, it will be possible in the future to achieve clinical translations regarding NO-modulatory systems. This Account provides insightful guidelines regarding the rational design of NO-modulatory systems for various biomedical applications. Moreover, it can facilitate the achievement of previously unattainable goals while revolutionizing future therapeutics.

A case series on homoeopathic medicine nux vomica in insomnia disorder highlighting unattainable goals as the cause of chronic stress

Background: Insomnia disorder due to chronic stress is a common problem and it cause morbidity and reduced quality of life. Identifying the cause of stress can help in homoeopathic medicine selection for the betterment of sleep. Methods: Thirty case profiles of insomnia disorder patients who are all having chronic stress are selected. Cases were treated with individualized homoeopathic medicine after case taking, analysis, evaluation and repertorization. Results: Four of the thirty individuals had insomnia disorder due to chronic stress of unattainable goals. These four cases were treated with Homoeopathic medicine Nux vomica and it has significant result in managing insomnia disorder due to chronic stress of unattainable goals. Conclusion: Homoeopathic medicine, Nux vomica has significant effect in managing insomnia disorder due to chronic stress of unattainable goals.

Getting trapped in a dead end? Trait self-control and boredom are linked to goal adjustment

Disengaging from unattainable goals and reengaging in alternative goals is essential for effective goal pursuit; yet, surprisingly little is known about associated personality factors. Here, we focused on individual differences in self-control (domain-general self-control, if–then planning) and boredom (boredom proneness, boredom avoidance and escape tendencies). Concerning goal adjustment in everyday life (Study 1; N = 323 crowdworkers), if–then planning was associated with worse disengagement and better reengagement. While boredom proneness was associated with poorer reengagement, boredom avoidance and escape tendencies were associated with better reengagement. When goal striving was thwarted during the COVID-19 pandemic (Study 2; N = 97 students), similar associations emerged along with links to anxiety and depression. However, disengagement was no longer associated with if–then planning but instead with better self-control and higher boredom proneness. These results show differential relationships of goal disengagement and reengagement with self-control and boredom, paving the way to a better understanding of who struggles or shines when effective goal adjustment is required.

Obesity in Pediatric Transplant and the Use of Liraglutide

<h3>Introduction</h3> Obesity and metabolic disorders are associated with increased mortality post heart transplant. We report the case of a 17-year-old female with obesity pre and post transplant obesity whose body mass index (BMI) and metabolic profile improved with the GLP-1 analog, liraglutide. <h3>Case Report</h3> AG is a 17 year-old diagnosed with Dannon syndrome, an X-linked disorder, characterized by a triad of arrhythmia, muscle weakness and cardiomyopathy. Due to progressive decline in ventricular systolic function, she underwent heart transplantation. Her weight was 106.4 kg and BMI 34.35 kg/m² at the time of transplant. Post-transplant, despite healthy lifestyle recommendations, weight management and nutrition clinics, AG's hyperphagia persisted and her BMI continued to increase. AG was started on liraglutide and she lost 17kg over 6 months (Fig. 1). Her BMI improved from 38 kg/m² to 32 kg/m². Her HgbA1c normalized and lipid profile also improved. AGs only complaint was of nausea and vomiting however these symptoms were related to her immunosuppression medications and improved after adjusting her regimen. <h3>Summary</h3> Use of behavioral interventions to improve BMI pre- and post-transplant is of limited success in lowering BMI. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved liraglutide for chronic weight management among patients aged 12 and older with obesity. Liraglutide, a long-acting analog of human glucagon-like peptide-1, increases glucose-dependent insulin secretion, decreases inappropriate glucagon secretion, increases B-cell growth/replication, and slows gastric emptying. This case demonstrated successful use of liraglutide to aid in weight loss in a post-transplant pediatric patient. Among motivated patients who maintain good communication with their clinician and adhere to a multidisciplinary approach, this regimen can improve previously unattainable weight loss goals. Close monitoring for side effects is crucial especially in populations where confounding regimens may require dose adjustments.

Age differences in sadness reactivity and variability.

Sadness is a negative emotion typically elicited by loss experiences. Given that losses increase with age, sadness should be relatively salient in this life phase. Such sadness experiences may serve an adaptive function in old age, if they facilitate detachment from unattainable goals. Thus, we predicted increased and less variable levels of sadness to occur among older, as compared with younger, adults in response to film clips involving loss-related themes. To test this prediction, a sample of 52 younger (Mage = 23.75 years, SD = 4.52) and 52 older adults (Mage = 71.21 years, SD = 6.11) watched four films and reported their sadness on multiple occasions during each film. In partial support of the hypotheses, the results showed that older, as compared with younger, adults reported greater sadness in response to one out of four film clips. However, there was no conclusive evidence for age differences in sadness variability within or across the films. Additional analyses revealed that age differences were not significant for another emotion, anxiety, in neither reactivity nor variability. Finally, although there were no age differences in mean levels of interest in the films, interest showed less variability among older, as compared with younger, adults. These findings are discussed from the perspective of a discrete emotions theory proposing distinct functions and associated differential age-related changes for different negative emotions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

The Relationship between Motivational Persistence, Self-Directed Learning Readiness and Achievement Goal Orientations of Medical Students

Aim: Nowadays educators are expected to be learners' companions and to guide directing learning successfully. Moreover, learners are expected to be individuals who can direct their own learning, be a stakeholder in their education, have a say in their own education, and understand their learning needs realistically. In this context, the features of learners such as orientation to academic success, motivation, and self-directed learning come to the fore. The driving force and starting point of this research is to determine students' motivational persistence levels, self-directed learning readiness levels and success orientations, and to examine the relationships between them.Methods This research is designed with descriptive method along with relational method. 780 students from Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Faculty of Medicine, from Term I to Term VI joined the study. The data were obtained with the "Motivational Determination", "2X2 Achievement Orientations" and "Readiness for Self-directed Learning" scales. In the analysis of the data, correlation analysis was used in addition to descriptive statistics.Results: Medical students were mostly goal-oriented while their performance orientation was relatively low. Medical students’ motivational stability level is moderate. Medical students’ self-directed learning readiness level is relatively high. Medical students’ success orientation, motivational stability and self-directed learning readiness are positively and significantly related to each other. Medical students’ approach learning, avoidance learning, performance avoidance, revision of the goals which have not been achieved, willingness to learn, and self-control differ according to the period they study. Medical students’ performance approach, pursuing long-term goals, pursuing current goals and self-direction did not differ according to the period they study.Conclusion: The results of the study showed that medical school students have a learning-oriented goal orientation rather than a performance goal orientation. In period VI, the level of motivational stability is lower than in other periods. Similarly, the highest self-directed learning readiness of students is in Term III and the lowest in Term VI. The characteristics that show a high level of positive correlation with the learning approach are willingness to learn and self-control. Performance approach is the trait that is highly positively correlated with learning avoidance achievement orientation. Performance avoidance achievement orientation and performance approach orientation show a high correlation. Characteristics that are highly positively associated with pursuing long-term goals are pursuing current goals, repeating unachieved goals, self-management, and a willingness to learn. Characteristics that are highly positively associated with pursuing current goals are repetition of unattained goals, self-management, willingness to learn, and self-control. Self-management and willingness to learn and self-control have a high positive relationship. The desire to learn and self-control are in a highly positive relationship. Research findings showed similarities with the literature as well as different aspects.

Perceived Coach-Created Motivational Climates as Predictors of Athletes' Goal Reengagement: The Mediational Role of Goal Motives.

Athletes have to face several challenges during the sport season, and one of them could involve dealing with unattainable goals. In these situations, being able to reengage in other goals as a form of goal adjustment and in response to contextual demands is adaptive. According to previous literature, some aspects of the athletes’ social context, such as coach-created motivational climates, could encourage more adaptive responses in athletes, and so it is possible that these climates would also promote athletes’ goal regulation and goal reengagement. The purpose of this study was twofold: to analyze whether athletes’ perception of empowering and disempowering climates were related to their goal reengagement through the mediation of goal motives; and to examine the interaction between the two climates when they predict reengagement through athletes’ goal motives. Participants were 414 Spanish university athletes (49.5% male, 50.5% female) who belonged to different university teams, with ages ranging from 17 to 33 years old (M = 20.61, SD = 2.58). In the sport facilities, all of them completed questionnaires that evaluated their perception of empowering and disempowering climates, their goal motives, and their goal reengagement. Structural equation modeling (SEM) results showed that perceived empowering climate positively predicted autonomous goal motives, which in turn had a positive relationship with goal reengagement. Conversely, perceived disempowering climate positively predicted controlled goal motives, which were not related to goal reengagement. Thus, we only found support for the indirect relationship between perceived empowering climate and goal reengagement through autonomous goal motives. Moderated mediation analyses revealed that interaction effects between perceived empowering and disempowering climates were not significant in the prediction of goal reengagement through goal motives. Findings revealed that the perception of empowering climates promotes athletes’ goal reengagement when goals become unattainable via the increase in their autonomous goal motives. Conversely, when athletes perceive disempowering climates, they have more controlled goal motives, which are not related to goal reengagement. In addition, the study supports the need to educate coaches to create more empowering and less disempowering climates.