Editing Goal setting (section)

=== Use of reflection diaries for goal setting ===
Goal-setting activities with final-year university students focused around self-reflective and personal growth through setting three growth goals and recording progress in reflective diaries shows that goal setting and making progress towards the goals can have many positive impacts. These include increased self-esteem, time and improved stress management and self-monitoring skills as well as motivating, and energizing effects. These suggest that, at least with undergraduates, the setting of growth goals with a reflective diary element can be a useful addition to academic programs.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Travers|first1=Cheryl J.|last2=Morisano|first2=Dominique|last3=Locke|first3=Edwin A.|date=June 2015|title=Self-reflection, growth goals, and academic outcomes: A qualitative study|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/bjep.12059|journal=British Journal of Educational Psychology|language=en|volume=85|issue=2|pages=224–241|doi=10.1111/bjep.12059|pmid=25546509|url-access=subscription}}</ref>