The interplay between maternal homework involvement, task-avoidance, and achievement among adolescents.

The study faces two objectives: (a) to examine the construct validity of the 3x2 Classroom Goal Structures Questionnaire, and (b) to jointly analyze the influence of the classroom goal structures and 3x2 achievement goals on high school students’ self-determined motivation. 2284 students participated (51.6% men and 48.4% women) aged 12-17 years (M = 14.31 years, SD = 1.15), from 148 classrooms. The results of confirmatory factor analysis supported the hypothesized model. The validity and internal consistency of the questionnaire were satisfactory. The results of hierarchical linear models provided support to the direct, indirect and interaction models. Regarding direct effects, self-approach structure, and self-approach and task-approach goals were positive predictors of self-determined motivation, whereas the other-approach structure, and other-approach and task-avoidance goals were negative predictors. In relation to indirect effects, the results revealed that the three approach goals, and task-avoidance goals were partial mediators of the relationship between the self-approach structure and self-determined motivation, whereas other-approach goals were partial mediators in the relationship with their parallel structure. Regarding the interaction effects, the relationship between task-approach goals and self-determination varied depending on the other-approach structure.

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Procrastination and task avoidance

Personality and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/0191-8869(95)90075-6 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 19 (5) ◽

pp. 779

Author(s):

Adrian Furnham

Keyword(s):

Task Avoidance ◽

And Task

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The cross-lagged relations between children’s academic skill development, task-avoidance, and parental beliefs about success

Learning and Instruction ◽

10.1016/j.learninstruc.2011.03.001 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 21 (5) ◽

pp. 664-675 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Katrin Mägi ◽

Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen ◽

Anna-Maija Poikkeus ◽

Helena Rasku-Puttonen ◽

Jari-Erik Nurmi

Keyword(s):

Skill Development ◽

Parental Beliefs ◽

Academic Skill ◽

Task Avoidance ◽

The Cross ◽

Development Task

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Author response for "The two-step task, avoidance, and OCD"

10.1002/jnr.24594/v2/response1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Matthew A. Geramita ◽

Eric A. Yttri ◽

Susanne E. Ahmari

Keyword(s):

Author Response ◽

Task Avoidance

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Review for "The two-step task, avoidance, and OCD"

10.1002/jnr.24594/v1/review3 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Kevin Miller

Keyword(s):

Task Avoidance

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Psychological Trends in the Achievement Goals of College and University Athletes

Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics ◽

10.20965/jaciii.2020.p0468 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 468-476

Author(s):

Ching-Lun Wei ◽

Wei-Jen Chen ◽

Michael Tian-Shyug Lee ◽

Tsung-Kuo Tien-Liu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Achievement Goals ◽

Well Being ◽

Achievement Goal ◽

Sample Survey ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Harmonious Passion ◽

Obsessive Passion ◽

College And University ◽

Task Avoidance ◽

University Athletes

Objectives: This study aimed to validate the application of the 3 × 2 achievement goal model in sports. Motivations: In order to offer new perspectives on achievement goals, this study explores 3 × 2 achievement goals used in competitive sports, and the prediction of passion and psychological well-being for sports. Methods: The study sample consists of 406 college and university athletes, including 230 males and 176 females. Average age of the subjects was 20.34 years. Average length of years of sports participation was 8.23 years. Data were collected with a questionnaire that incorporated a 3 × 2 achievement goal scale, a sports passion scale, and the Psychological Well-Being Scale. Statistical Methods: Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics for fuzzy data, fuzzy correlation coefficients, and fuzzy regression models. Finding: 1. There was a correlation between every two of task-approach, task-avoidance, self-approach, self-avoidance, other-approach, other-avoidance, harmonious passion, obsessive passion, and psychological well-being. 2. Among college and university athletes, task-approach and self-approach positively influence harmonious passion; task-approach, self-approach, other-approach, and other-avoidance positively influence obsessive passion; task-avoidance negatively influences obsessive passion; task-approach and self-approach positively influence psychological well-being, and task-avoidance negatively influences psychological well-being. Innovations: Use of the 3 × 2 achievement goal scale is applicable to college sportsmen in Taiwan, and the research method uses fuzzy statistical analysis, which breaks through the barriers of traditional psychological survey methods, and will improve the research quality of the sample survey. This study provides new techniques for research on psychological trends in sports. Value: In the future, coaches and athletes should focus on task-approach and self-approach goals in order to enhance the college or university athletes’ harmonious passion for a positive impact on their psychological well-being when they engage in sports through their own free will.

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Certainty of career choice at the beginning of university studies - general strategies and attributions in achievement situations, and career motives

Studies for the Learning Society ◽

10.2478/v10240-012-0005-2 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (2-3) ◽

pp. 35-45 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Laura Hirsto

Keyword(s):

Career Choice ◽

Stepwise Regression ◽

First Year ◽

Paper Sample ◽

First Year Students ◽

On Certainty ◽

University Studies ◽

Task Avoidance ◽

Career Motives ◽

And Task

Certainty of career choice at the beginning of university studies - general strategies and attributions in achievement situations, and career motives The focus of this paper is on certainty of career choice at the beginning of university studies, and how this relates to students' career motives and more general strategies and attributions in achievement situations. The paper sample comprised 137 first-year students of theology, who completed a questionnaire developed on the basis of earlier studies on motives for studying theology and certainty of career choice. The questionnaire included a section on strategies and attributions in achievement situations (SAQ), a section covering the reasons and motives for starting to study theology and a scale measuring uncertainty of career choice. According to the results, uncertainty of career choice related positively to being assured of a place to study, and negatively to having a spiritual calling, a helping orientation and self-fulfillment. In the first year of university studies it also related positively to task avoidance and social pessimism, and negatively to success expectation. Stepwise regression analysis showed that being assured of a place to study, having a spiritual calling and low self-fulfillment explained 57 percent of the total variance. The strategies and attributions the students used in achievement situations were very modest predictors of uncertainty in career choice. Success expectation and task avoidance explained nine percent of the variance.

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