intrinsic goals prioritising personal meaning, community contribution

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goals their health implications
key needs autonomy, competence relatedness

• intrinsic goals prioritising personal meaning,
  community contribution intimacy, tend to
  satisfy these three key psychological needs
  directly.
• extrinsic goals prioritising money, status
  image focus on achieving external rewards and
  praise often at the expense of key basic need
  satisfaction.

prioritising extrinsic goals is associated with
increased anxiety, depression, narcissism
physical symptoms and decreased vitality,
self-actualization well-being
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goals well-being
e.g. emotional intimacy having many close
caring relationships personal growth being
fulfilled and having a very meaningful life
community contribution helping to make the world
a better place
encourage wellbeing
intrinsic goals
Sheldon, K. M. et al. (2004). "The inde-pendent
effects of goal contents motives on well-being
it's both what you pursue why you pursue it."
Pers Soc Psychol Bull 30(4) 475-86
goals are defined here as projects you think
about, plan for, carry out and sometimes (though
not always) complete or succeed at
e.g. financial success having a job that pays
very well and having a lot of nice possessions
fame/popularity being known and/or admired by
many people attractive image looking good and
appearing attractive to others
unrelated to wellbeing
extrinsic goals