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Goal Disruption Theory: A Theoretical Startup

Predicting Disruption and Disruption Intensity

      Goal disruption theory puts forth six categories of factors that influence the likelihood that a goal violation will become a goal disruption, as well as the intensity with which the disruption will be felt: 

       1) Violation Severity- the unexpectedness of the violation and the strength of the violated expectations/beliefs.    
       2) Violation Imprint- the number of impaired expectancies and the perceived importance of the goal to        
             the person’s well being.
       3) Opinion of Efficacy- an individual's perceived capabilities of finding an alternative path to restore their 
             feelings of safety.    
       4) Structural Harmony (State of the System)-  current psychological state, organization, flexibility.
       5) Personality Traits- individual personality traits that buffer the intensity of a violation (i.e., tolerance of uncertainty, trait anxiety).    
       6) State of the Goal- current distance, importance, and discrepancy of an individual's goals.    

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