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Assor, Avi; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Kaplan, Avi – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
On the basis of self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000), the authors examined whether 2 different types of introjected motivation--an avoidant type aimed at avoiding low self-worth and an approach type aimed at attaining high self-worth--are both associated with a less positive pattern of correlates relative to identified…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, Athletics, Self Determination
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Assor, Avi; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Addresses three issues concerning the assessment of the overrating and underrating of academic competence: (1) the impossibility of separating effects of overrating and underrating from effects of perceived and actual competence; (2) the questionable validity of Connell and Ilardi's method; and (3) the proposal of a new method and its implications…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Rating, Analysis of Variance, Children