Does monitoring goal progress promote goal attainment? A meta-analysis of the experimental evidence
A meta-analysis led by B. Harkin of 138 studies with 19,951 participants. Interventions that increased monitoring of goal progress improved goal attainment. Effects were larger when progress was reported to someone or made public, and when it was physically recorded. The purely public condition rests on only three studies.
A meta-analysis led by B. Harkin of 138 studies with 19,951 participants. Interventions that increased monitoring of goal progress improved goal attainment. Effects were larger when progress was reported to someone or made public, and when it was physically recorded. The purely public condition rests on only three studies.
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doi:10.1037/bul0000025. 138 studies, 19,951 participants; the public condition rests on three studies.