Achievement Goals, Self-Handicapping, and Performance Attainment: A Mediational Analysis

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A meta-analytic review of the approach-avoidance achievement goals and performance relationships in the sport psychology literature (2015, background): “Last, the notion that the performance goal contrast was a better predictor of performance has emerged in the sport psychology literature.(3,19,28) In addition, in the exercise psychology domain, Lochbaum and colleagues(37) demonstrated that both the performance and mastery goal contrasts were signif”
Are badges useful in education?: it depends upon the type of badge and expertise of learner (2013, background): “Research typically finds a positive correlation between mastery learning and academic performance outcomes and a negative Are badges useful in education? correlation between performance avoidance and academic outcomes (Elliot et al. 2006).”
A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Situationally Induced Achievement Goals on Task Performance (2015, methodology): “…to be more beneficial for performance than MAp goals (Elliot et al., 2005, Study 2; Senko & Harackiewicz, 2005, Study 1) or MAp and PAp goals were equally beneficial for performance attainment (e.g., Elliot et al., 2006; Elliot et al., 2005, Study 1a and 1b; Kavussanu, Morris, & Ring, 2009).”