title: The social-cognitive model of achievement motivation and the 2 x 2 achievement goal framework.
abstract: Two studies examined hypotheses drawn from a proposed modification of the social-cognitive model of achievement motivation that centered on the 2 x 2 achievement goal framework. Implicit theories of ability were shown to be direct predictors of performance attainment and intrinsic motivation, and the goals of the 2 x 2 framework were shown to account for these direct relations. Perceived competence was shown to be a direct predictor of achievement goals, not a moderator of relations implicit theory or achievement goal effects. The results highlight the utility of attending to the approach-avoidance distinction in conceptual models of achievement motivation and are fully in line with the hierarchical model of achievement motivation.
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Psychology Laboratory, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Provence, France. francois.cury@up.univ-mrs
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cury
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Elliot
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Da Fonseca
authors.forename: Arlen C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Moller
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D001076:Aptitude; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology