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Achievement goals and emotions.

Rogelio Puente-Díaz¹

¹Universidad Anáhuac México Norte. rogelio.puente@anahuac.mx

The Journal of Psychology

|May 28, 2013

Summary

This study on tennis players found that fear of failure, personal standards, and concern over mistakes influence achievement goals. Mastery-approach goals enhance enjoyment and hope, while performance-approach goals impact hope.

Area of Science:

Sport Psychology
Motivation Psychology
Affective Science

Background:

Understanding the psychological factors influencing athletic performance and well-being is crucial in sport psychology.
Achievement goal theory provides a framework for examining how individuals pursue goals and their subsequent emotional responses.
Identifying the antecedents of achievement goals and their impact on affective outcomes can inform training and support strategies for athletes.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the influence of fear of failure, personal standards, and concern over mistakes on achievement goals in athletes.
To examine the impact of specific achievement goals (mastery-approach and performance-approach) on affective outcomes like enjoyment and hope.
To explore the relationships between motivational antecedents, goal orientations, and emotional experiences in a sporting context.

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Main Methods:

A quantitative study involving 204 tennis players from Mexico.
Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze the proposed relationships between variables.
Data were collected to assess fear of failure, personal standards, concern over mistakes, achievement goals, enjoyment, and hope.

Main Results:

Fear of failure, personal standards, and concern over mistakes were found to be significant antecedents of certain achievement goals.
Mastery-approach goals demonstrated a significant positive influence on both enjoyment and hope.
Performance-approach goals significantly influenced hope, but not enjoyment.

Conclusions:

The findings support the role of individual differences and cognitive factors in shaping achievement goal adoption in sports.
Mastery-oriented goals are particularly beneficial for fostering positive affective experiences, such as enjoyment and hope, in athletes.
While performance-approach goals may contribute to hope, a focus on mastery appears more conducive to overall positive affect and well-being in tennis players.