Born to learn or born to win? Birth order effects on achievement goals

被引:11
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作者
Carette, Bernd [1 ]
Anseel, Frederik [1 ]
Van Yperen, Nico W. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Ghent, Dept Personnel Management Work & Org Psychol, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
[2] Univ Groningen, Dept Psychol, NL-9712 TS Groningen, Netherlands
关键词
Achievement motivation; Achievement goals; Goal orientation; Mastery goals; Performance goals; Environmental influence; Birth order; INTELLIGENCE; PERSONALITY; ORIENTATION; SIZE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jrp.2011.06.008
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Given the widespread use and well-known consequences of achievement goals in different competence-relevant situations, it is important to gain a thorough understanding of how these differences in goal pursuit are formed. Using different analytic approaches, we show that birth order lies at the heart of people's goal preferences as we consistently found that firstborns have developed a preference for mastery goals (which are based on self-referenced standards of competence), whereas secondborns have developed a preference for performance goals (which are based on other-referenced standards of competence). These findings may help explain why people differently define, experience, and respond to competence-relevant situations, including the workplace, the classroom, and the ball field. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:500 / 503
页数:4
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