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Martin, Andrew J.; Elliot, Andrew J. – Educational Psychology, 2016
This study assessed the role of prior personal best goals in predicting subsequent academic motivation and engagement. A total of 1160 high school students participated in a longitudinal survey study exploring the extent to which personal best and mastery and performance (dichotomous) achievement goals predict students' academic motivation and…
Descriptors: Role, Achievement Need, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation
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Roussel, Peggy; Elliot, Andrew J.; Feltman, Roger – Learning and Instruction, 2011
The influence of achievement goals and social goals on help-seeking from peers in an academic context was examined in two studies. A total of 551 high school students participated in the two studies. The results across the studies demonstrated strong convergence, revealing that mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, and friendship-approach goals…
Descriptors: High School Students, Friendship, Help Seeking, Peer Relationship