Defensive pessimism, self-esteem and achievement goals: A person-centered approach.

نویسندگان

  • María M Ferradás Canedo
  • Carlos Freire Rodríguez
  • Bibiana Regueiro Fernández
  • Antonio Valle Arias
چکیده

BACKGROUND The relationship between defensive pessimism, self-esteem, and achievement goals is a controversial issue. The main contribution of this research is the adoption of a person-centered approach to explore the existence of differentiated profiles of university students, which combine self-esteem and defensive pessimism. In addition, we analyze whether these profiles differ in their achievement goals (learning, performance-approach, performance-avoidance, and work-avoidance). METHOD 1,028 university students took part in the study. RESULTS Four student profiles were identified: (a) HSE/MDP (high self-esteem and moderate defensive pessimism); (b) LSE/LDP (low self-esteem and low defensive pessimism); (c) HSE/LDP (high self-esteem and low defensive pessimism); and (d) LSE/HDP (low self-esteem and high defensive pessimism). These four profiles differ significantly in their achievement goals. CONCLUSIONS The use of defensive pessimism may involve students with either low or high self-esteem, although the two profiles follow differentiated motivational achievement trajectories.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Psicothema

دوره 30 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2018