Dear diary: Evaluating a goal-oriented intervention linked with increased hope and cognitive flexibility

Goal reflection can have a beneficial impact on hope and cognitive flexibility, potentially via processes proposed under the Broaden Build Hypothesis (BBH). In present study, novel goal-oriented intervention was developed to explore its efficacy in improving state trait hope, affect, flexibility. Using convergent mixed methods approach, 44 participants completed seven-day diary intervention, recording/reflecting goals daily, addition questionnaire fluency measures pre- post- intervention. The elicited increased levels of agency, task with converging evidence from quantitative/qualitative data. These results suggest dynamic interrelation between