33.064 - Advances in Social Achievement Goal Research: Evidence Converging From Diverse Settings

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Social achievement goal theory has proven to be useful for understanding individual variability in students’ psychological, social, and academic adjustment. Despite the strong theoretical basis and consistent empirical support, this body of literature has yet to be refined and strengthened through testing generalizability across different age groups and cultural backgrounds as well as probing of the underlying processes in which social achievement goals may hinder or promote students’ adjustment. The symposium presents four studies, illustrating that the nature of three different social achievement goals are similar across different cultures and across a wide range of variables, using advanced analytical techniques.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Motivation in Education

Chair

• Sungok Serena Shim, Ball State University

Papers

• Longitudinal Analysis of Social Goals' Influences on Engagement During Elementary and Middle School - Nir Madjar, Bar Ilan University

• Social Content Goals and Social Achievement Goals: Influence on Adolescent Engagement, Belonging, and Classroom Support - Sarah M. Kiefer, University of South Florida

• Social Achievement Goals, Emotion Regulation, and Psychological Adjustment Among Chinese High School and College Students - Sungok Serena Shim, Ball State University; Cen Wang, Charles Sturt University

• An Expectancy-Value Model of the Role of Social Achievement Goals in Academic Help Seeking From Peers - Kara A. Makara, University of Glasgow; Stuart A. Karabenick, University of Michigan

Discussant

• Allison M. Ryan, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor