Evaluating the mastery-avoidance goal construct: A study of elite college baseball players
Evaluating the mastery-avoidance goal construct: A study of elite college baseball players
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DOI：
10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.04.005
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发表时间：
2010-03-01
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3.4
通讯作者：
Sheldon, Kennon M.
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作者：
Ciani, Keith D.;Sheldon, Kennon M.
目标：掌握-回避目标是一个相对较新的概念，在概念上可能有问题。尽管理论和例子往往集中在精英的运动表现上，但在这样的样本中，关于掌握-避免的研究很少，关于这些目标对运动员意味着什么的了解更少。本研究考察了优秀大学生棒球运动员对掌握回避目标项目的支持率，并探讨了运动员对该项目的理解程度和他们自己对该项目的反应。方法：以某大学甲级男队的8名棒球运动员为样本，对两个掌握回避目标项目(我的目标是避免比上赛季做得更差和我的目标是避免失去我的技术)进行评分和解释。设计：使用运动员的开放式书面回答进行定性设计。结果：结果显示，掌握回避目标项目的评分分为低分和高分，最有效的解释来自低级赞助者。高度认可之后往往伴随着不一致的反应，似乎将掌握回避转化为掌握接近。结论：掌握回避目标是为了避免个人内部或绝对无能的努力。与2×2成就目标框架中的其他三个目标相比，这类目标受到的审查较少[Elliot，A.J.(1999)]。接近和回避动机和成就目标。教育精神病学家，34,149-169.]，也许是因为它的模棱两可和违反直觉的性质。我们的发现表明，掌握-回避目标可能并不常见。高评级可能表明对该项目的误解，而不是实际的避税目标。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
Objective: Mastery-avoidance goals represent a relatively new construct that may be conceptually problematic. Although theory and examples often focus on elite athletic performance, research on mastery-avoidance in such samples is sparse, and even less is known about what these goals mean to athletes. This study examined the rate of endorsement of mastery-avoidance goal items by elite college baseball players and explored the explanations given for endorsements, to evaluate how the players understood the items and their own responses to them.Method: A sample of eight baseball players from one university's Division I men's team were asked to rate and explain their ratings of two mastery-avoidance goal items ("My goal is to avoid doing worse than I did last season" and "My goal is to avoid losing my skills").Design: Qualitative design using athletes' open-ended written responses.Results: Results revealed both low and high ratings of mastery-avoidance items, with the most valid interpretations coming from low endorsers. High endorsement was often followed with an incongruent response that seemed to translate mastery-avoidance into mastery-approach.Conclusion: Mastery-avoidance goals are strivings to avoid intrapersonal or absolute incompetence. This type of goal has received less scrutiny than the other three goals in the 2 x 2 achievement goal framework [Elliot, A. J. (1999). Approach and avoidance motivation and achievement goals. Educational Pychologist, 34, 149-169.], perhaps because of its ambiguity and counterintuitive nature. Our findings suggest that mastery-avoidance goals may be uncommon. and that high ratings may indicate misinterpretation of the item rather than actual avoidance goals. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.