title: Self-Image Goals and Compassionate Goals: Costs and Benefits.
abstract: Two types of interpersonal goals-self-image goals and compassionate goals-reflect distinct motivational perspectives on the relationship between the self and others-egosystem and ecosystem perspectives, respectively. Research on the associations of self-image goals and compassionate goals with students' experiences in their first semester of college is described. Chronic self-image goals and compassionate goals predict changes in learning and achievement goals, self-regulation and goal progress, social support and friendships, emotions, and symptoms of anxiety and depression. Self-image goals have costs for belonging, and compassionate goals have benefits for belonging.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, and Department of Psychology, University of Michigan.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crocker
authors.forename: Marc-Andre
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Olivier
authors.forename: Noah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nuer