When performance-approach goals predict academic achievement and when they do not: A social value approach
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Version: Author's accepted manuscript
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serval:BIB_766597286EA8
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
When performance-approach goals predict academic achievement and when they do not: A social value approach
Journal
British Journal of Social Psychology
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
52
Number
3
Pages
587-596
Language
english
Abstract
Research on achievement goal promotion at University has shown that performance-approach goals are perceived as a means to succeed at University (high social utility) but are not appreciated (low social desirability). We argue that such a paradox could explain why research has detected that performance-approach goals consistently predict academic grades. First-year psychology students answered a performance-approach goal scale with standard, social desirability and social utility instructions. Participants' grades were recorded at the end of the semester. Results showed that the relationship between performance-approach goals and grades was inhibited by the increase of these goals' social desirability and facilitated by the increase of their social utility, revealing that the predictive validity of performance-approach goals depend on social value.
Keywords
performance goals, social desirability, social utility, social judgment, academic achievement
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03/01/2013 10:28
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