Mastering One's Destiny: Mastery Goals Promote Challenge and Success Despite Social Identity Threat

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 748-762

  Stout, Jane G ^a   Dasgupta, Nilanjana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement goals; challenge; performance; social identity threat; stress appraisals

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ACHIEVEMENT GOALS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHALLENGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTITY THREAT; STRESS APPRAISALS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT GOALS; CHALLENGE; PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL IDENTITY THREAT; STRESS APPRAISALS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878041969     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167213481067     Document Type: Article

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