TABLE 4.
Non-travel goals abandoned and pursued for those with self-efficacy scores of 1–40.
| Category | Score | Reason abandoned | Category | Score | Reason pursued |
| P | 1 | ****If there is no job to pursue, why chase it. Turn energies elsewhere. | O | 5 | Again, need money or I will starve to death. |
| E | 10 | The specific goal is not practical. | PFC | 8 | Still checking websites and employment agency web sites |
| E | 20 | Well I will try to do the French, however, Choir tour and the concert are not going to happen. | O | 10 | “Yes” as in “I think about it every day but I’m still procrastinating.” There’s a lot of new roadblocks now. I don’t know exactly what but I’m scared to find out. |
| P | 25 | No - These goals are now almost bottom of my priority, staying healthy, keeping my flat and re-adapting my teaching business to being completely virtual are my main goals | PFC | 10 | Still calling friends |
| E | 30 | It’s not physically possible due to the lock down and am reluctant to spend savings until we have a better idea of my partners ability to stay in his job/find a new one. I am unable to work. | O | 11 | I am still planning on going back to school, I just don’t feel that I can make any kind of financial commitment to it while I am so uncertain about my employment, my schedule, my health, medical bills, etc. |
| P | 40 | I love my job, and I wouldn’t want the fact that I wish to pursue my goals now have a major impact on my colleagues. It is a matter of timing, and once the situation we find ourselves in currently has died down and hopefully we return to normal, it will be then that I re-evaluate the situation. | EFC | 15 | I am still writing my book and using this time to think about priorities and redefine orientations and identities. The crisis situation is unexpected but gives me a lot to think about on a broader scale. Can we as a society step out of the crazy market system we have allowed to become total, infesting the very core of our being. The air hasn’t been so clear in as long as I can remember. |
| EFC | 20 | I need to get in the right mindset and fit it in will other tasks that I am undertaking. | |||
| NC | 20 | Nothing has changed I am just waiting to see what happens after the current situation and what state the economy and housing market is in. | |||
| PFC | 30 | I will continue to work toward my assessments, even though they are not for the best part of a year. I will try and arrange extra support with my teachers to ensure I am not lacking in quality where I will no longer have that contact time after this semester. I will be asking my Academic Advisor for some kind of personal recommendation so that I am able to get a job despite not graduating this year. I do not wish to jeopardize my overall university grade by doing the alternative assessments at such short notice. | |||
| O | 30 | At this current point I do not know yet. | |||
| PFC | 32 | I’m still applying, though for different jobs now. I’ve applied for several “key worker’ jobs like Tesco and farm roles. I’ve set up as an online tutor. I’ve signed up as a volunteer. No luck though |
Columns detail the categories for abandonment/method of pursuit (categories for abandonment reason: E, external; P, priorities; categories for pursuit explanation: EFC, emotion-focused coping; NC, no change; O, other; PFC, problem-focused coping), numerical self-efficacy score, and participant free-text reason for abandoning/pursuing their goal.