Abstract: Personal strivings, one of the most popular concepts of personal goals, which represent one of specifically contextualized personal conation constructs, refers to the characteristic types of goals that individuals try to achieve through their daily behavior. According to the hierarchical systems of personal goals, these concepts are all called “midlevel” goal units. Focused on Emmons’ personal striving theory, this paper expounds the relationships between personal strivings, well-being and personal traits and briefly compares some similar personal goal theories. From the perspective of integrated trend on personality psychology, this paper provides a method different from the traditional trait theory on the study of personality

Key words: personal goals, personal strivings, “midlevel” goal units