There has been a growing
body of research on how romantic couple members help each other complete their goals (e.g., check out our
posts here and here), but recently researchers set out to
examine what happens to goal pursuit after breakup.1 To do this, researchers asked people about a goal that they were pursuing (e.g., getting good grades) and how well their romantic partner helped them towards attaining the goal (e.g., the extent to which their partner helped).