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Previous research demonstrates that emotions play a critical role in goal pursuit and achievement. However, this research assumes that the explicit emotions that individuals report accurately reflect the implicit affective experiences that underlie the motivation of individuals. In addition, past work assumes that all individuals experience the same pre and post goal-related emotion, despite individual differences in the ability to regulate emotion and behaviour (Kuhl, 1994). The present research challenges these assumptions. Specifically, pre-goal and post-goal states are manipulated through participants’ reflections on their idiographic goals, and both explicit (the Positive and Negative Affect Test (PANAS)) and implicit measures (the Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test (IPANAT)) of affect were used to examine closely the affective associates of pre-goal and post-goal states.

既往研究表明，情绪在目标追求与目标达成过程中发挥着至关重要的作用。然而此类研究均预设：个体自我报告的外显情绪，能够准确反映驱动其行为动机的内隐情感体验。此外，过往研究还进一步预设：尽管个体在情绪与行为调节能力上存在显著差异（Kuhl, 1994），但所有个体在目标相关的前后情绪体验上均无差异。本研究对上述两项预设提出了挑战。具体而言，本研究通过让被试反思其个人独特目标，来操控目标前与目标后的心理状态；同时采用外显情绪测量工具——正性负性情绪量表（Positive and Negative Affect Test, PANAS）与内隐情绪测量工具——内隐正性负性情绪测验（Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test, IPANAT），对目标前后状态的情感关联因素进行了细致考察。