The interplay between achievement goals and specific target goals in determining performance |
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Authors: | Christopher JR Roney Melissa C O’Connor |
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Institution: | 1. King’s University College at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 2M3;2. University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5C2 |
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Abstract: | This study examined relatively broad achievement goals (performance-approach, performance-avoid, mastery), and aspects of more specific target goals (goal difficulty, expectancy, framing) as predictors of academic performance. All three achievement goals predicted academic performance (with performance-avoid goal predicting poorer performance, and performance-approach and mastery goals predicting better performance). The association between performance-avoid goals and poorer performance was mediated by negative framing. The positive relations between performance-approach and mastery goals and performance were mediated by goal difficulty. In all cases, the aspects of the specific goal predicted performance independent of the broader achievement goals, but the achievement goals did not predict independent of the specific goals. Discussion focuses on how goals of different types combine to affect performance. |
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Keywords: | Goals Performance Motivation |
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