The Interplay of Mastery and Performance Goals in Social Comparison: A Multiple-Goal Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Darnon, Celine; Dompnier, Benoit; Gillieron, Ophelie; Butera, Fabrizio
Titel	The Interplay of Mastery and Performance Goals in Social Comparison: A Multiple-Goal Perspective
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Psychology, 102 (2010) 1, S.212-222 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0663
DOI	10.1037/a0018161
Schlagwörter	Achievement Need; Goal Orientation; Mastery Learning; Predictor Variables; Academic Achievement; Comparative Analysis; Psychology; College Freshmen; Correlation; Social Influences; Regression (Statistics); Foreign Countries; France + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Prädiktor; Schulleistung; Psychologie; Studienanfänger; Korrelation; Sozialer Einfluss; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Ausland; Frankreich
Abstract	Regner, Escribe, and Dupeyrat (2007) recently demonstrated that not only performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals (respectively, the desire to outperform others and not to be outperformed by others) but also mastery goals (the desire to acquire knowledge) were related to social comparison orientation (SCO, the tendency to search for social comparison information). In the present article, the possibility of a link between mastery goals and social comparison that depends on the level of performance-approach goals--a possibility supported by a multiple-goal perspective--was tested by examining the interaction effect between mastery and performance-approach goals. This is an important endeavor, as educational settings are rarely free from performance-approach goals, even when mastery goals are promoted. In Study 1, we tested self-set achievement goals (mastery, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals) as predictors of SCO; the interaction between mastery goals and performance-approach goals indicated that the higher the performance-approach goal endorsement, the stronger the link between mastery goals and SCO. In Study 2, we manipulated goal conditions; mastery goals predicted interest in social comparison in the performance-approach goal condition only. Results are discussed in terms of the importance of multiple-goal pursuit in academic settings. (Contains 2 tables, 1 figure and 4 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10