JMIR Publications

ABSTRACT

Background:

Individuals experience difficulties pursuing goals within their environment where they will need to navigate numerous goal priorities. Effective goal dynamics require flexible and generalisable pursuit skills.

Objective:

This study aimed to developing and piloting a personalised approach to implementing goal pursuit invention in daily life.

Methods:

The study involved three iterations to test and gradually improve all features of the intervention. Within the pilot, 73 participants completed a week of ecological momentary assessments before completing an intervention training session, after which participants continues to complete ecological momentary assessment while also receiving just-in-time intervention prompts for a further 3 weeks. We evaluated feasibility and acceptability, efficacy and individual change processes by combining intensive (single case experimental design) and extensive methods.

Results:

The results suggest that the digital intervention was feasible and acceptable to participants. Participants endorsed high acceptability ratings relaA pilot just in time adaptive intervention using self-monitoring of behaviour, COM-B and mental contrasting and implementation intentions strategies to improve dynamic goal pursuit delivered via an ecological momentary intervention procedure was shown to be feasible and acceptable amongst a non-clinical adult sample. Future research should consider the utility of this approach as an additional intervention element within psychological interventions to improve goal pursuit. Sustaining goal pursuit throughout interventions is central to their effectiveness and warrants further evaluation. ting to both the study procedures and the intervention. Participants demonstrated significant improvements in goal pursuit.

Conclusions:

A pilot just in time adaptive intervention using self-monitoring of behaviour, COM-B and mental contrasting and implementation intentions strategies to improve dynamic goal pursuit delivered via an ecological momentary intervention procedure was shown to be feasible and acceptable amongst a non-clinical adult sample. Future research should consider the utility of this approach as an additional intervention element within psychological interventions to improve goal pursuit. Sustaining goal pursuit throughout interventions is central to their effectiveness and warrants further evaluation.