Implementation Intentions: A Look Back at Fifteen Years of Progress

Implementation intentions are if-then plans that spell out when, where, and how a set goal has to be put into action: «If situation x is encountered, then I will perform behavior y!», thereby linking a critical situation with a goal-directed behavior. Over the last fifteen years, implementation inte...

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Authors: Schweiger Gallo, Inge, Gollwitzer, Peter M.
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Publication Date:2007
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Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
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spelling Implementation Intentions: A Look Back at Fifteen Years of ProgressLas intenciones de implementación: una mirada atrás a quince años de progresoSchweiger Gallo, IngeGollwitzer, Peter M.Psicología (Psicología)Psicología (Social)6302.02 Psicología SocialImplementation intentions are if-then plans that spell out when, where, and how a set goal has to be put into action: «If situation x is encountered, then I will perform behavior y!», thereby linking a critical situation with a goal-directed behavior. Over the last fifteen years, implementation intentions, as compared to simple goal intentions («I intend to reach z!»), have demonstrated their effectiveness as self-regulation strategies in promoting desired behaviors or when unpleasant actions have to be carried out. By forming implementation intentions, the control of unwanted influences (e.g., temptations, bad habits, adverse self-states) on an ongoing goal pursuit can also be facilitated. Furthermore, implementation intentions have been shown to ease goal-directed actions in critical populations such as patients with a frontal brain lesion, schizophrenic patients, and opiate addicts in withdrawal, for whom the initiation problems of the goaldirected action are more accentuated.Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado de AsturiasUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20072007-01-0120072007-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52821reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/528212026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Implementation Intentions: A Look Back at Fifteen Years of Progress
Las intenciones de implementación: una mirada atrás a quince años de progreso
title Implementation Intentions: A Look Back at Fifteen Years of Progress
spellingShingle Implementation Intentions: A Look Back at Fifteen Years of Progress
Schweiger Gallo, Inge
Psicología (Psicología)
Psicología (Social)
6302.02 Psicología Social
title_short Implementation Intentions: A Look Back at Fifteen Years of Progress
title_full Implementation Intentions: A Look Back at Fifteen Years of Progress
title_fullStr Implementation Intentions: A Look Back at Fifteen Years of Progress
title_full_unstemmed Implementation Intentions: A Look Back at Fifteen Years of Progress
title_sort Implementation Intentions: A Look Back at Fifteen Years of Progress
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Schweiger Gallo, Inge
Gollwitzer, Peter M.
author Schweiger Gallo, Inge
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Gollwitzer, Peter M.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Psicología (Psicología)
Psicología (Social)
6302.02 Psicología Social
topic Psicología (Psicología)
Psicología (Social)
6302.02 Psicología Social
description Implementation intentions are if-then plans that spell out when, where, and how a set goal has to be put into action: «If situation x is encountered, then I will perform behavior y!», thereby linking a critical situation with a goal-directed behavior. Over the last fifteen years, implementation intentions, as compared to simple goal intentions («I intend to reach z!»), have demonstrated their effectiveness as self-regulation strategies in promoting desired behaviors or when unpleasant actions have to be carried out. By forming implementation intentions, the control of unwanted influences (e.g., temptations, bad habits, adverse self-states) on an ongoing goal pursuit can also be facilitated. Furthermore, implementation intentions have been shown to ease goal-directed actions in critical populations such as patients with a frontal brain lesion, schizophrenic patients, and opiate addicts in withdrawal, for whom the initiation problems of the goaldirected action are more accentuated.
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