ERIC Number: EJ851603
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Publication Date: 2009-Oct
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Fear of Failure, 2x2 Achievement Goal and Self-Handicapping: An Examination of the Hierarchical Model of Achievement Motivation in Physical Education
Chen, Lung Hung; Wu, Chia-Huei; Kee, Ying Hwa; Lin, Meng-Shyan; Shui, Shang-Hsueh
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v34 n4 p298-305 Oct 2009
In this study, the hierarchical model of achievement motivation [Elliot, A. J. (1997). Integrating the "classic" and "contemporary" approaches to achievement motivation: A hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement motivation. In P. Pintrich & M. Maehr (Eds.), "Advances in motivation and achievement" (Vol. 10, pp. 143-179). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press] is used to investigate the motivational mechanism behind the relationship between fear of failure and self-handicapping adoption. A cross-sectional design was employed. The participants were 691 college students enrolled in physical education in Taiwan. Students completed the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PEAI-S; Conroy, D. E., Willow, J. P., & Metzler, J. N. (2002). Multidimensional measurement of fear of failure: The performance failure appraisal inventory. "Journal of Applied Sport Psychology," 14, 76-90), the Chinese 2 x 2 Achievement Goal Questionnaire for Physical Education (CAGQ-PE; Chen, L. H. (2007). "Construct validity of Chinese 2 x 2 achievement goal questionnaire in physical education: Evidence from collectivistic culture." Paper presented at the 5th conference of the Asian South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology. Bangkok, Thailand) and the Self-Handicapping Scale (SHS; Wu, C. H., Wang, C. H., & Lin, Y. C. (2004). The exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of self-handicap scale for sport. "Journal of Higher Education in Physical Education," 6(1), 139-148). Structural equation modeling was conducted. Generally, the results showed that mastery-avoidance and performance-avoidance goals partially mediated the relationship between fear of failure and self-handicapping. The results are discussed in terms of the hierarchical model of achievement motivation, and its implications for physical education are also highlighted. (Contains 2 figures and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Physical Education, Structural Equation Models, Failure, Construct Validity, Achievement Need, Student Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, College Students, Case Studies, Questionnaires, Anxiety
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