Shaping achievement goal orientations in a mastery-structured environment and concomitant changes in related contingencies of self-worth

Paul A. O'Keefe; Adar Ben-Eliyahu; Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia

doi:10.1007/s11031-012-9293-6

Shaping achievement goal orientations in a mastery-structured environment and concomitant changes in related contingencies of self-worth

Paul A. O'Keefe, Adar Ben-Eliyahu, Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia

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Abstract

Across three time-points spanning 9 months, changes in achievement goal orientations and contingencies of self-worth were assessed as a function of participating in a mastery-structured academic program for high-ability adolescents (N = 126). Endorsement of mastery goal orientations increased during the program and remained high even after students returned to their home learning environments. In contrast, performance-approach and performance-avoidance goal orientations decreased during the summer program, but returned to previous levels when assessed 6 months later. Latent growth curve models assessed the covariation of performance goal orientations and two contingencies of self-worth (outperforming others and others' approval) hypothesized to represent elements of performance goal orientations. Changes in the contingency of self-worth based on outperforming others positively covaried with observed changes in both performance goal orientations; however, changes in self-worth contingent on others' approval did not. Results are discussed in terms of mastery-structured environments' potential to alter achievement goal orientations via their underlying psychological processes. Implications for achievement goal theory and the design of achievement-oriented environments are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	50-64
Number of pages	15
Journal	Motivation and Emotion
Volume	37
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-012-9293-6
State	Published - Mar 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The research reported in this manuscript was supported by a grant from the Duke Talent Identification Program to Lisa Linnenbrink-Garcia. The findings and views reported in this manuscript are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect the views of Duke TIP. We also wish to thank Chongming Yang for his contributions to the present research.

Keywords

Achievement goals
Achievement motivation
Classroom context
Contingencies of self-worth
Goal orientations

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Social Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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