Performance-approach goals predict competitive conflict regulation with a more-competent disagreeing partner, but not an equally competent one (Study 1)¶

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

Subclaims¶

q3 i1 In an online interaction with a fictitious disagreeing partner, performance-approach goals predicted competitive regulation only when the partner was presented as more competent (β = .49, p < .001, partial η² = .09), not when equally competent; the interaction effect was small (partial η² = .03). → Sommet 2015

q3 i3 With a more-competent partner, higher performance-approach goals predicted higher competitive regulation; with an equally competent partner the relationship was not observed. → Sommet 2015

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

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Internet study with 139 university students who believed they interacted with a disagreeing partner presented as a bachelor (same-competence) or PhD (superior-competence) student. Regression showed the predicted interaction, β = .19, F(1, 129) = 4.38, p < .04, partial η² = .03 (small effect), with the simple slope in the superior-competence condition at partial η² = .09.

"When the partner was presented as being more competent, the higher the performance-approach goals, the higher the competitive regulation, /H9252/H11005.49, F(1, 129) /H1100512.42, p /H11021.001, /H9257p2 /H11005.09"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

Related Claims¶

• 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) — related
• Performance-avoidance goals predict protective conflict regulation with a more-competent disagreeing partner, but not an equally competent one (Study 1) — related
• Performance goals regulate conflict with more-competent others toward competitive (approach) or protective (avoidance) interpersonal behavior — a broader claim this one bears on
• 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
• 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 goals predict assertion of one's own competence after a real sociocognitive conflict — related