Adaptive Self-Regulation of Unattainable Goals: Goal Disengagement, Goal Reengagement, and Subjective Well-Being

@article{Wrosch2003AdaptiveSO,
  title={Adaptive Self-Regulation of Unattainable Goals: Goal Disengagement, Goal Reengagement, and Subjective Well-Being},
  author={Carsten Wrosch and Michael F Scheier and Gregory E. Miller and Richard Schulz and Charles S Carver},
  journal={Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin},
  year={2003},
  volume={29},
  pages={1494 - 1508}
}
Three studies examined associations between goal disengagement, goal reengagement, and subjective well-being. In Study 1, 115 undergraduates reported on the extent to which they were able to abandon unattainable goals and reengage their efforts in alternative goals. Study 2 examined the importance of goal disengagement and goal reengagement in groups of young adults and older adults (N = 120). In Study 3, a sample of parents of children with cancer and parents of medically healthy children was… 
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