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ArticleEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2025

The Hidden Cost of High Aspirations: Examining the Stress-Enhancing Effect of Motivational Goals Using Vignette Methodology.

Tamara Gschneidner, Timo Kortsch

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Article in European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Tamara GschneidnerFaculty of Psychology, FernUniversität in Hagen, 58097 Hagen, Germany.
Timo KortschDepartment of Social Sciences, IU International University of Applied Sciences, 99084 Erfurt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8444-8595

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Occupational stress is a major contributor to mental and physical health problems, yet individuals vary in how they appraise and respond to stress, even in identical situations. This study investigates whether motivational goals and internalized conflict schemas-as proposed by Grawe's Consistency Theory-account for these differences by intensifying subjective stress when approach and avoidance goals are simultaneously activated. In a vignette-based pilot study, we validated 12 workplace scenarios varying in incongruence levels. In the main study (

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individual differencesmotivational goalsoccupational stressorsstress

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PMID40709961
PMCPMC12293843

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