In the literature on achievement goals, performance-approach goals (striving to do better than others) and performance-avoidance goals (striving to avoid doing worse than others) tend to exhibit a moderate to high correlation, raising questions about whether the 2 goals represent distinct constructs. In the current article, we sought to examine the separability of these 2 goals using a broad fa...

In four experiments, we show that goals associated with approach and avoidance needs influence persuasion and that the accessibility of distinct self-views moderates these effects. Specifically, individuals with an accessible independent selfview are more persuaded by promotion-focused information that is consistent with an approach goal. In contrast, individuals whose interdependent self-view ...

This study addressed the relations among personal strivings (daily goals) and future life goals and worst fears. Eighty undergraduate participants (62 women, 18 men) listed their daily goals, their ultimate life goals, and their worst fears, and completed questionnaire measures of subjective well-being. Daily goals were content-analyzed for relevance to attaining life goals or avoiding worst fe...

Achievement goals have been linked to achievement in various educational settings. The present work explored day-to-day variations (mastery, performance-approach, performance-avoidance) and their associations with daily experiences of academic success failure. Ambulatory assessment data from 108 students Grade 5 were collected, assessments the morning end-of-day reports Dynamic structural equat...

Two studies examined motivational influences on and correlates of defensive pessimism and self-handicapping and investigated the relationship between these two cognitive strategies and performance attainment. The findings indicated that defensive pessimism and self-handicapping have similar motivational profiles, with the primary difference being that self-handicapping represents the absence of...

Abstract In this paper, we present a meta-analysis of the motivational and performance effects experimentally induced achievement goals moderating goal standard framing ; comprising 90 studies which provided 235 effect sizes (11,247 participants). The findings show that, relative to performance-approach performance-avoidance no-goals, mastery-approach enhanced performance, but not motivation. W...

What goes into motivating students to take effective action? Ideally, are not only motivated invest time their studying, but that they use in and productive ways. In the present study, we surveyed college undergraduates ( N = 366) about how engage one of courses. Specifically, explored motivation-related implicit beliefs ease difficulty mindsets, intelligence mindset; Dweck, 2000 ; Fisher Oyser...

Objectives: Some studies have recognized factors that are effective on academic achievement. The aim of the present study was to determine the relationship among personality factors, motivational strategies and achievement goals in predicting academic achievement of 2nd grade high school intellectually disabled students in Tehran Province. Methods: In present correlation study, 200 intellect...