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

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

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

Date

2013

Authors

De Castella, Krista

Byrne, Donald

Covington, Martin V

Publisher

American Psychological Association

Abstract

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