A meta-analytic review of achievement goal orientation correlates in competitive sport

Achievement goal and discrete emotions in sport

Achievement goals and achievement emotions are elements developed during participation in sport activities. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between achievement goals and discrete emotions in sport and whether emotions vary with gender and type of sport. Males (n = 179), and females (n = 184) athletes were asked to participate in this study. Their age ranged from 18 to 23 ...

Achievement goals and intrinsic motivation: a meta-analytic review.

This article presents a meta-analysis of the experimental literature that has examined the effect of performance and mastery achievement goals on intrinsic motivation. Summary analyses provided support for the hypothesis that the pursuit of performance goals has an undermining effect on intrinsic motivation relative to the pursuit of mastery goals. Moderator analyses were conducted in an attemp...

Goal orientation, self-theories and reactions to success and failure in competitive sport

This study focuses on how sport participants in general react to success and failure in competitive sport. Eighty (80) respondents who compete in sport on international, national, provincial and school level were used for this study. Data were collected by employing the Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (TEOSQ), the Self-Theory Questionnaire that measured if the participants have ...

Academic Achievement Goal Orientation: Taking Another Look

Academic Achievement as a Function of Goal Orientation and Course Perception Mediated by Academic Self-Regulation

To help with the prediction of school achievement through a mathematical model incorporating goal orientation, course perception, and academic self-regulation, a sample of 380 9th graders in Tabriz was selected using the cluster sampling method. Instruments used to measure these constructs were translated ones. Data analyses showed that goal orientation and course perception have a direct impac...