Across goal-complex studies, autonomous reasons are strongly associated with achievement goal aims (pooled r = 0.54)¶

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q3 i3 In studies assessing reasons after aims, the mean association between any kind of aim and autonomous reasons was r = 0.54, indicating a strong bond. → Janke 2024

Evidence¶

Janke 2024¶

Janke, S. (2024). Dynamic or Static Goal Regulation: Implications of Weak and Strong Bonds Between Autonomous/Controlled Reasons and Aims for Achievement Goal Striving. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09968-w

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Random-effects meta-analysis by the author of 15 goal-complex studies (3723 participants) that measured reasons following aim questions. The pooled association was "r = 0.54" with high heterogeneity (I2 = 84.85%). Data and script are posted on OSF.

"Overall, the mean association between any kind of aims and autonomous reasons was r = 0.54 (95% CI [0.48, 0.59], Q(14) = 86.89, p < 0.001, I2 = 84.85%) in the 15 studies with 3723 participants"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Achievement Goal Orientation — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Autonomous reasons are more prominent than controlled reasons for goal striving regardless of aim type — related
• Mastery aims are strongly bound to autonomous reasons and only weakly to controlled reasons — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• In studies investigating mastery and performance aims simultaneously, mastery aims show tighter bonds with autonomous than controlled reasons, while performance aims are more equidistant — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Performance aims are ambiguously aligned, tied nearly equally to autonomous and controlled reasons — related