Performance aims are ambiguously aligned, tied nearly equally to autonomous and controlled reasons¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2 · q3 · i2–i3
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i3 In a single unanchored study, performance goals correlated almost equally with autonomous reasons (r = 0.30) and controlled reasons (r = 0.39), unlike mastery aims in the same dataset (r = 0.62 with autonomous reasons). → 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

q3 · i3 · theoretical · r3

Study 4 of Sommet and Elliot (2017), reviewed here, measured generalized reasons detached from aims in a university sample. Performance goals showed near-equivalent correlations with both reason types, while mastery aims in the same dataset were tightly tied to autonomous reasons (r = 0.62) and weakly to controlled reasons (r = 0.19).

"In contrast, performance goals were almost equally strong tied to autonomous reasons ( r = 0.30, p < 0.001) as to controlled reasons (r = 0.39, p < 0.001)."

Janke 2024 (2)¶

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

q3 · i2 · review · r2

Meta-analytic pooling of ten anchored studies (n = 2213) for performance aims and controlled reasons, printed as "r = 0.35", compared with r = 0.17 for mastery aims in the same analysis tradition.

"compared to r = 0.35 (95% CI [0.27, 0.43], k = 10, n = 2213, Q(9) = 44.00, p < 0.001, I2 = 80.03%) for performance aims"

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 — reports the opposite
• Across goal-complex studies, autonomous reasons are strongly associated with achievement goal aims (pooled r = 0.54) — related
• Mastery aims are strongly bound to autonomous reasons and only weakly to controlled reasons — related
• In studies investigating mastery and performance aims simultaneously, mastery aims show tighter bonds with autonomous than controlled reasons, while performance aims are more equidistant — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)