Striving for Success but at What Cost? Subject-Specific Achievement Goal Orientation Profiles, Perceived Cost, and Academic Well-Being

• Published in: Frontiers in psychology Vol. 11; p. 557445
• Main Authors: Tuominen, Heta, Juntunen, Henriikka, Niemivirta, Markku
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 29.09.2020
• Subjects: achievement goal orientation; cost; expectancy-value theory; motivation; Psychology; school burnout; school engagement; achievement goal orientation; English; school burnout; school engagement; cost; mathematics; motivation; expectancy-value theory
• ISSN: 1664-1078; 1664-1078
• DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.557445

Most studies utilizing a person-oriented approach to investigating students' achievement goal orientation profiles have been domain-general or focused on a single domain (usually mathematics), thus excluding the possibility of identifying distinct subject-specific motivational profiles. In this...