With explicit competence feedback, performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals predict competitive and protective regulation respectively when partner competence is higher or unspecified, but not equal (Study 3)¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3 · i1 small
Currency · newest study 2015 · checked against its sources 2026-10-24 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i1 Performance-approach goals were more positively associated with competitive regulation when partner competence was higher or non-specified than when equal (interaction β = .14, p < .05, partial η² = .014, a small effect). → Sommet 2015 q3 i1 Performance-avoidance goals were more positively associated with protective regulation when partner competence was higher (β = .27, p < .03) or non-specified (β = .24, p = .05) than when equal (interaction β = .14, p < .04, partial η² = .015, a small effect). → Sommet 2015 (2)

q3 i1 The contrast of interest (higher/unspecified vs. equal competence) interacted with performance-approach goals on competitive regulation. → Sommet 2015

q3 i1 The same contrast interacted with performance-avoidance goals on protective regulation. → Sommet 2015 (2)

Evidence¶

Sommet 2015¶

Sommet, N., Darnon, C., & Butera, F. (2015). To Confirm or to Conform? Performance Goals as a Regulator of Conflict With More-Competent Others. Journal of Educational Psychology, 107(2), 580–598. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037240

q3 · i1 · causal · r2

Internet study with 289 university students who received bogus competence scores (equal 65/100, superior 80/100, or no feedback) before disagreeing with a fictitious partner about the etiology of bipolar disorder. The contrast of interest (higher + unspecified vs. equal) interacted with performance-approach goals as hypothesized, partial η² = .014 (small effect).

"More important, in line with our first hypothesis, the interaction between our contrast of interest and performance-approach goals was significant, /H9252/H11005.14, F(1, 277) /H110054.09, p /H11021.05, /H9257p2 /H11005.014"

Sommet 2015 (2)¶

Sommet, N., Darnon, C., & Butera, F. (2015). To Confirm or to Conform? Performance Goals as a Regulator of Conflict With More-Competent Others. Journal of Educational Psychology, 107(2), 580–598. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037240

q3 · i1 · causal · r?

Same Study 3 sample; protective regulation showed the predicted interaction with performance-avoidance goals, partial η² = .015 (small effect), with simple slopes significant in both the superior-competence and no-feedback conditions but not the equal-competence condition.

"More important, in line with our second hypothesis, the interaction between our contrast of interest and performance-avoidance goals was significant, /H9252/H11005.14, F(1, 277) /H110054.36, p /H11021.04, /H9257p2 /H11005.015"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

Related Claims¶

• Performance goals regulate conflict with more-competent others toward competitive (approach) or protective (avoidance) interpersonal behavior — a broader claim this one bears on
• Performance-approach goals predict competitive conflict regulation with a more-competent disagreeing partner, but not an equally competent one (Study 1) — related
• Manipulated performance-approach (vs. avoidance) goals increase preference for a self-confirmatory model over a compliant one with a more-competent partner (Study 2) — related
• Performance-avoidance goals predict protective conflict regulation with a more-competent disagreeing partner, but not an equally competent one (Study 1) — related
• Manipulated performance-approach (vs. avoidance) goals increase preference for a self-confirmatory model over a compliant one with a more-competent partner (Study 2) — related
• Performance-approach goals positively predict competitive regulation and performance-avoidance goals positively predict protective regulation overall (Studies 1 and 3) — related
• Experimentally induced mastery goals predicted interest in social comparison only under a performance-approach goal condition — related