Setting Goals That Stick: Swedish Study Reveals the Secrets to Successful New Year’s Resolutions

Today, we're exploring fascinating insights from a Swedish research study titled, A Large-Scale Experiment on New Year’s Resolutions: Approach-Oriented Goals Are More Successful Than Avoidance-Oriented Goals, published in PLOS ONE in December 2020. The researchers investigated the types of resolutions people make, their confidence in achieving them, and whether approach-oriented goals lead to better outcomes than avoidance-oriented ones. Additionally, the study looked at whether support through goal-setting exercises could help increase success rates.