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SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY
Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 253-263Publisher
SOC PERSONALITY RES INC
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2003.31.3.253
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life coaching; private self-consciousness; metacognition; self-reflection; insight; mental health; personal development; positive psychology; coaching psychology; well-being
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Despite its high media profile and growing popularity there have been no empirical investigations of the impact of life coaching on goal attainment, metacognition or mental health. This exploratory study used life coaching as a means of exploring key metacognitive factors involved as individuals move towards goal attainment. In a within-subjects design, twenty adults completed a life coaching program. Participation in the program was associated with enhanced mental health, quality of life and goal attainment. In terms of metacognition, levels of self-reflection decreased and levels of insight increased. Life coaching has promise as an effective approach to personal development and goal attainment, and may prove to be a useful platform for a positive psychology and the investigation of the psychological mechanisms involved in purposeful change in normal, nonclinical populations.
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