Religious and spiritual (R/S) growth goals have been forgotten among self-improvement goals. We used social cognitive theory, useful in other domains of self-improvement, to study R/S goals. Data from 350 adults (M_age = 40.5, SD = 14.6) were used to examine the relations among age, gender, social interactions, and commitment to R/S goals and physical activity goals. Results of the path analysis, X² (DF = 2, N = 350) = 9.91, p < .01, showed similar contributions of positive social interactions to persistence on both goals. Differences between the two outcomes included a direct effect of age (β = .18), dissatisfaction with negative social interactions (β = .12), and satisfaction with positive social exchanges (β = .15) on persistence on R/S goals. Only positive social exchanges (β = .31) related to physical activity goals. The results are discussed in terms of the feasibility of applying goal-striving frameworks to the examination of R/S growth goals.

宗教和精神 (R/S) 增长目标已被遗忘在自我提升目标中。我们使用社会认知理论，在自我提升的其他领域有用，来研究 R/S 目标。来自 350 名成年人（M_年龄 = 40.5，SD  = 14.6）的数据用于检查年龄、性别、社交互动以及对 R/S 目标和体育活动目标的承诺之间的关系。路径分析的结果，X ² (DF = 2，N  = 350) = 9.91，p  < .01，表明积极的社会互动对坚持两个目标的贡献相似。两种结果之间的差异包括年龄的直接影响 ( β  = .18)、对负面社会互动的不满 (β  = .12)，以及 对坚持 R/S 目标的积极社会交流的满意度 ( β = .15)。只有积极的社会交流 ( β  = .31) 与体育活动目标相关。根据将目标努力框架应用于检查 R/S 增长目标的可行性来讨论结果。