title: Achievement goals and emotions: The mediational roles of perceived progress, control, and value.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The link between achievement goals and achievement emotions is well established; however, research exploring potential mediators of this relationship is lacking. The control-value theory of achievement emotions (Pekrun, 2006, Educational Psychology Review, 18, 315) posits that perceptions of control and value mediate the relationship between achievement goals and achievement emotions, whereas the bidirectional theory of affect (Linnenbrink & Pintrich, 2002, Educational Psychologist, 37, 69) proposes that perceived progress mediates this relationship.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present study empirically evaluated three hypothesized mediators of the effects of achievement goals on learning-related emotions as proposed in the control-value theory and the bidirectional theory of affect.
  
  
  METHODS
  Undergraduate students (N = 273) from humanities, social science, and STEM disciplines participated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed web-based questionnaires evaluating academic achievement goals, perceptions of control, perceived task value, and achievement emotions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results provided empirical support primarily for perceived progress as a mediator of mastery-approach goal effects on positive emotions (enjoyment, hope), showing indirect effects of mastery- and performance-approach goals on outcome-related emotions (hope, anxiety) via perceived control. Indirect effects of mastery- and performance-approach goals were further observed on anxiety via perceived value, with higher value levels predicting greater anxiety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Study findings partially support Linnenbrink and Pintrich's (2002, Educational Psychologist, 37, 69) bidirectional theory of affect while underscoring the potential for indirect effects of goals on emotions through perceived control as proposed by Pekrun (2006, Educational Psychology Review, 18, 315).
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Nathan C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Lavanya
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sampasivam
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Krista R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Muis
authors.affiliation: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.|Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ranellucci
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: achievement emotions; achievement goals; mediation; perceived control; perceived progress; perceived value