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  • Goal orientation is a key factor in motivation and performance.
  • Understanding its impact on subjective well-being across adulthood is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the causal effect of goal orientation on subjective satisfaction with performance.
  • To examine how goal orientation influences actual and perceived performance across different age groups.

Main Methods:

  • 231 adults (21-79 years) performed a dot-memory task under three goal orientation conditions: improvement, maintenance, or avoidance of decline.
  • Bayesian analyses were employed to assess the relationships between variables.

Main Results:

  • Goal orientation significantly influenced actual performance in all age groups.
  • Goal orientation did not affect perceived performance or performance satisfaction.
  • Performance satisfaction was positively correlated with perceived performance, but not with actual performance.

Conclusions:

  • Goal orientation's benefit to subjective well-being in older adults may depend on goal content or enhancing perception of the status quo.
  • This research enhances understanding of goal orientation's role in adult subjective well-being.