Achievement Goals as Predictors of Research Self-Efficacy
Author(s): Eric D, Deemer
Abstract: Prior research has examined the relations of personality, contextual, and social cognitive factors as predictors of several important research training outcomes. The present study aimed to examine the relations of three types of achievement goals—mastery approach, mastery avoidance, and performance avoidance—to research self-efficacy. Survey data were obtained on a sample of 228 counseling psychology doctoral students and subjected to hierarchical regression analyses. Results indicated that mastery approach goals were significant positive predictors of research self-efficacy over and above year in training and career-related goals, while the interaction of age with both mastery avoidance and performance avoidance goals proved to be detrimental to research self-efficacy. Implications for research training and potential research directions are discussed.
Pages: 229-238
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