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Achievement goals, self-handicapping, and performance: a 2 x 2 achievement goal perspective.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19787537     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Elliot and colleagues (2006) examined the effects of experimentally induced achievement goals, proposed by the trichotomous model, on self-handicapping and performance in physical education. Our study replicated and extended the work of Elliot et al. by experimentally promoting all four goals proposed by the 2 x 2 model (Elliot & McGregor, 2001), measuring the participants' own situational achievement goals, using a relatively novel task, and testing the participants in a group setting. We used a randomized experimental design with four conditions that aimed to induce one of the four goals advanced by the 2 x 2 model. The participants (n = 138) were undergraduates who engaged in a dart-throwing task. The results pertaining to self-handicapping partly replicated Elliot and colleagues' findings by showing that experimentally promoted performance-avoidance goals resulted in less practice. In contrast, the promotion of mastery-avoidance goals did not result in less practice compared with either of the approach goals. Dart-throwing performance did not differ among the four goal conditions. Personal achievement goals did not moderate the effects of experimentally induced goals on self-handicapping and performance. The extent to which mastery-avoidance goals are maladaptive is discussed, as well as the interplay between personal and experimentally induced goals.
Authors:
Nikos Ntoumanis; Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani; Alison L Smith
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of sports sciences     Volume:  27     ISSN:  1466-447X     ISO Abbreviation:  J Sports Sci     Publication Date:  2009 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-25     Completed Date:  2010-07-21     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8405364     Medline TA:  J Sports Sci     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1471-82     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. n.ntoumanis@bham.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Achievement*
Adolescent
Athletic Performance / psychology*
Avoidance Learning*
Female
Goals*
Humans
Internal-External Control
Male
Motivation*
Physical Education and Training*
Psychomotor Performance
Self Efficacy*
Sports / psychology
Young Adult

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