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

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3 · i2 medium
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i2 Performance-avoidance goals predicted protective (compliant) regulation only when the partner was more competent (β = .38, p < .02, partial η² = .05), not when equally competent; the interaction was medium-sized (partial η² = .05). → Sommet 2015

q3 i2 The interaction between performance-avoidance goals and partner competence on self-reported protective regulation was significant in Study 1. → 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

q3 · i2 · causal · r2

Same Study 1 sample of 139 university students; self-reported protective regulation measured with three items (e.g., compliance with partner's proposition). The predicted interaction was significant with partial η² = .05 (a medium effect by the η² convention), the simple slope significant only in the superior-competence partner condition.

"As expected, the interac- tion between performance-avoidance goals and partner’s compe- tence was significant, /H9252/H11005.25, F(1, 129) /H110056.65, p /H11021.02, /H9257p2 /H11005 .05. When the partner was presented as being more competent, the higher the performance-avoidance goals, the higher the protective"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

Related Claims¶

• 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 predict competitive conflict regulation with a more-competent disagreeing partner, but not an equally competent one (Study 1) — related
• 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 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 goals predict assertion of one's own competence after a real sociocognitive conflict — related