Individuals who focus on extrinsic goals are more concerned with:
- interpersonal comparison (Patrick, Neighbours, & Knee, 2004; Sirgy, 1998)
- the outside approval of their interpersonal comparisons (Kernis, 2003)
- acquiring external signs of self-worth (Kasser, Ryan, Couchman, & Sheldon, 2004)

Because of this, (compared to the pursuit of intrinsic goals) the pursuit of extrinsic goals are associated with poorer well-being and worse functioning  (Kasser & Ryan, 1996).

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Goals with an "outward" orientation - meaning they are concerned with extrinsic manifestations of worth rather than fulfilling innate need satisfaction  (Williams, Cox, Hedberg, & Deci, 2000; Fromm, 1976; Van Boven & Gilovich, 2003). In SDT, they include:
- wealth 
- fame
- image
- physical appearance 

Extrinsic goals

Vansteenkiste, M., Lens, W., & Deci, E. L. (2006). Intrinsic versus extrinsic goal contents in self-determination theory: Another look at the quality of academic motivation. Educational psychologist, 41(1), 19-31.

Intrinsic versus extrinsic goal contents in self-determination theory: Another look at the quality of academic motivation

What do individuals who tend to set Extrinsic Goals focus on?

Correlational studies have shown that when people have aspirations for extrinsic life goals (relative to intrinsic ones), they tend to have: 
- lower life satisfaction
- lower self-esteem
- lower self-actualization
- higher depression and anxiety
- poorer relationship quality 
- less cooperative behavior 
- greater prejudice and social-dominant attitudes 
- academic maladjustment (Ryan, Sheldon, Kasser, & Deci, 1996)

(Duriez, Vansteenkiste, Soenens, & De Witte, 2004; Kasser & Ryan, 1993, 1996; McHoskey, 1999; Sheldon & McGregor, 2000; Sheldon, & Osbaldiston, 2000; Vansteenkiste, Duriez, Simons, & Soenens, in press)

Effects of extrinsic goals on individuals who set them

Intrinsic goals promote (while extrinsic goals worsen):
- academic adjustment
- deep-level processing (observed and reported)
- test performance
- free-choice persistence

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