Teachers' Joy and Anger: Situational Interrelations With Achievement Goals (Poster 42)

• In Event: Thursday Poster Session 4:20 pm
  In Poster Session: Motivation, Social Identity, and Understudied Populations

Abstract

In their work life, teachers experience different situations, which can be accompanied by various emotions and several goals. Previous theories proposed interrelations between emotions and goals via control- and value-appraisals. However, these interrelations were only tested at the between-person level without considering these appraisals. The aim of the present study was to investigate interrelations between emotions and goals experienced in work situations at the within- and between-level, with control- and value-appraisals as moderators. 169 teachers participated in a diary study for sixteen days. The findings emphasize considering interrelations at the within-level, as results differed from the between-level. Control- and value-appraisals did not moderate the interrelations. At an educational level, interventions for teachers ought to be executed at the individual level.

Authors

• Tanja Bross, University of Augsburg

• Ulrike Elisabeth Nett, Augsburg University