Hedonic, Instrumental, and Normative Motives: Differentiating Patterns for Popular, Accepted, and Rejected Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis; Kretschmer, Tina; Lindenberg, Siegwart; Veenstra, René
Titel	Hedonic, Instrumental, and Normative Motives: Differentiating Patterns for Popular, Accepted, and Rejected Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 35 (2015) 3, S.308-328 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431614535092
Schlagwörter	Peer Acceptance; Rejection (Psychology); Goal Orientation; Adolescents; Teacher Attitudes; Behavior Patterns; Peer Relationship; Correlation; Gender Differences; Student Motivation; Structural Equation Models; Prediction; Foreign Countries; Aggression; Prosocial Behavior; Preadolescents; Young Adults; Longitudinal Studies; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ablehnung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Lehrerverhalten; Peer-Beziehungen; Korrelation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schulische Motivation; Vorhersage; Ausland; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Niederlande
Abstract	This study examined to what extent motives for behavior differentiated between popular, accepted, and rejected adolescents. Based on goal-framing theory, three types of motives were distinguished: hedonic (aimed at short-term gratification), instrumental (aimed at improvement of one's situation), and normative (aimed at acting in accordance with what one thinks one is ought to do) motives, which were based on teachers' assessments. These motives were related to peer-reported popularity, acceptance, and rejection in a sample of adolescent boys (n = 287) and girls (n = 303; X[overbar][subscript age] = 13.51; SD = 0.54). Results showed that popular adolescents were mainly characterized by instrumental and normative motives. Accepted adolescents were high in hedonic and normative motives, but low in instrumental motivation, whereas rejected adolescents showed the exact opposite pattern. These results indicate that being successful among peers is not only a matter of behavior but also of motives underlying behaviors. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01