Skip navigation
Skip navigation
A change is coming. Click to see a sneak peek of the new Open Research Repository.

Unmotivated or motivated to fail? A cross-cultural study of achievement motivation, fear of failure, and student disengagement

Open Access

Download (474.97 kB)

link to publisher version

  • Altmetric Citations

De Castella, Krista; Byrne, Donald; Covington, Martin V

Description

A classic distinction in the literature on achievement and motivation is between fear of failure and success orientations. From the perspective of self-worth theory, these motives are not bipolar constructs but dimensions that interact in ways that make s

CollectionsANU Research Publications
Date published: 2013
Type: Journal article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/73719
Source: Journal of Educational Psychology
DOI: 10.1037/a0032464
Access Rights: Open Access

Download

File Description SizeFormat Image
01_De_Castella_Undermotivated_or_Motivated_to_Fail.pdfAuthor/s submitted version (Pre-print)474.97 kBAdobe PDFThumbnail
Show full item record


Items in Open Research are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

Updated:  17 November 2022/ Responsible Officer:  University Librarian/ Page Contact:  Library Systems & Web Coordinator