Approach and avoidance motivation and achievement goals
Abstract
Achievement goal researchers and theorists have relied primarily on the distinction between performance goals and mastery goals in differentiating competence-based strivings. In this article, an argument is made for incorporating the distinction between approach and avoidance motivation into the performance-mastery dichotomy. Historical, theoretical, and empirical reasons for attending to the approach-avoidance distinction are offered, and a...
Paper Details
Title
Approach and avoidance motivation and achievement goals
Published Date
Jun 1, 1999
Journal
Volume
34
Issue
3
Pages
169 - 189
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