Why Do People Act Like the Proverbial Ostrich? Investigating the Reasons That People Provide for Not Monitoring Their Goal Progress

Chang, B.P., Webb, T.L. and Benn, Y. (2017) Why Do People Act Like the Proverbial Ostrich? Investigating the Reasons That People Provide for Not Monitoring Their Goal Progress. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. 152.

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Authors/Creators:
  • Chang, B.P.
  • Webb, T.L.
  • Benn, Y.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: Copyright © 2017 Chang, Webb and Benn. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Keywords: the ostrich problem; goals; progress monitoring; weight loss; self-weighing
Dates:
  • Accepted: 23 January 2017
  • Published (online): 8 February 2017
Institution: The University of Sheffield
Funding Information:
FunderGrant number
European Research CouncilERC-2011-StG-280515
Depositing User: Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited: 08 Mar 2017 10:01
Last Modified: 08 Mar 2017 10:48
Published Version: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00152
Status: Published
Publisher: Frontiers Media
Refereed: Yes
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00152
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