On "why" and "how" of competitiVe achievement goals: Toward a social psychological understanding of performance goals' effects on achievement
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serval:BIB_6972CECB2B32
Type
PhD thesis: a PhD thesis.
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Publications
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Title
On "why" and "how" of competitiVe achievement goals: Toward a social psychological understanding of performance goals' effects on achievement
Director(s)
Dompnier Benoît
Institution details
Université de Lausanne, Faculté des sciences sociales et politiques
Publication state
Accepted
Issued date
2019
Language
english
Abstract
En se basant sur la théorie des buts d'accomplissement, cette thèse étudie la relation entre la poursuite des buts de performance-approche et performance-évitement et la performance cognitive et académique. Inspirée de l'approche psycho-sociale aux buts d'accomplissement, la présente recherche se propose d'investiguer comment est-ce que les raisons sous-jacentes à l'adoption des buts ancrées dans la valeur sociale ainsi que le focus de régulation modèrent les effets des buts de performance sur les performances des étudiants. A travers quatre lignes de recherche impliquant 11 études réalisées en Suisse, France, Belgique et Etats-Unis, nous avons estimé le lien entre les buts de performance et la performance des étudiants en utilisant quatre modèles prédictives. La lère ligne de recherche n'a pas répliqué des effets inconditionnels traditionnels des buts de performance sur la performance. Dans la 2 e ligne dc recherche, nous avons trouvé de fortes preuves que l'endossement des buts de performance-évitement pour des raisons d'utilité sociale (i.e. à des vraies fins d'apprentissage) amplifie l'effet délétère de ces buts sur la performance. Nous avons également trouvé des preuves - à degré plus nuancé - suggérant que les raisons liées à désirabilité sociale sous-jacentes aux buts de performance-évitement réduisent leur impact négatif sur la performance. La 3ème ligne de recherche a montré que les effets des buts de performance-approche et de performance-évitement sur la performance ont varié selon le focus de régulation des étudiants. La poursuite des buts de performance- approche a été associée plus positivement avec la performance lorsque les étudiants étaient orientés davantage vers le focus de promotion que prévention, alors que l'inverse a été trouvé pour la poursuite des buts de performance-évitement. Enfin, la 4ème ligne de recherche a identifié de premières preuves attestant de la pertinence d'intégrer les deux types de modérateurs - les raisons ancrées dans la valeur sociale et le focus de régulation - dans un cadre théorique commun. Dans l'ensemble, cette thèse contribue à avancer les débats actuels sur le rôle joué par les raisons sous-jacentes la poursuite des buts d'accomplissement et sur le contexte de validité des prédictions clefs de la théorie.
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Drawing from achievement goal theory, this thesis investigates the relationship between the pursuit of performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals and cognitive and academic achievement. Building on a social psychology perspective to achievement goals, the present research proposes to investigate how social value reasons underlying goal endorsement and regulatory focus shape the performance goals' effects on students' achievement. Across four lines of research involving 11 studies conducted in Switzerland, France, Belgium and the United States, we assessed the link between performance goals and achievement using four prédictive models. The lst line of research faîled to replicate the traditional unconditiohal positive and négative effects of performance goals on achievement. The 2nd line of research provided strong evidence that cndorsmg performance-avoidance goals for social utility reasons (i.e. for genuine learning purposes) increased the negative impact of these goals on achievement. Some evidence was also found to suggest that social desirability reasons behind performance-avoidance goals reduce their negative impact on achievement. In the 3rd line of research, performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals' effects on achievement varied as a fonction of regulatory focus. Pursuing the former was found to predict higher achievement when students were dominantly oriented toward promotion than prévention focus, while pursuing the latter predicted higher achievement when students were dominantly oriented toward prévention than promotion focus. Finally, the 4th line of research found some first evidence supporting the relevance of integrating both social utility reasons and regulatory focus moderators under a common framework. This thesis contributes to advance current debates on the rôle played by reasons underlying achievement goal pursuit and on the context of validity of some core prédictions of achievement goal theory.
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Drawing from achievement goal theory, this thesis investigates the relationship between the pursuit of performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals and cognitive and academic achievement. Building on a social psychology perspective to achievement goals, the present research proposes to investigate how social value reasons underlying goal endorsement and regulatory focus shape the performance goals' effects on students' achievement. Across four lines of research involving 11 studies conducted in Switzerland, France, Belgium and the United States, we assessed the link between performance goals and achievement using four prédictive models. The lst line of research faîled to replicate the traditional unconditiohal positive and négative effects of performance goals on achievement. The 2nd line of research provided strong evidence that cndorsmg performance-avoidance goals for social utility reasons (i.e. for genuine learning purposes) increased the negative impact of these goals on achievement. Some evidence was also found to suggest that social desirability reasons behind performance-avoidance goals reduce their negative impact on achievement. In the 3rd line of research, performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals' effects on achievement varied as a fonction of regulatory focus. Pursuing the former was found to predict higher achievement when students were dominantly oriented toward promotion than prévention focus, while pursuing the latter predicted higher achievement when students were dominantly oriented toward prévention than promotion focus. Finally, the 4th line of research found some first evidence supporting the relevance of integrating both social utility reasons and regulatory focus moderators under a common framework. This thesis contributes to advance current debates on the rôle played by reasons underlying achievement goal pursuit and on the context of validity of some core prédictions of achievement goal theory.
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