ERIC Number: EJ830431
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
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Goal Priming and the Emotional Experience of Students with and without Attention Problems: An Application of the Emotional Stroop Task
Sideridis, Georgios; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Shiakalli, Maria; Georgiou, Maria; Irakleous, Ioanna; Tsigourla, Ioanna; Fragioudaki, Eirini
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v42 n2 p177-189 2009
The primary purpose of the present study is to evaluate the emotional experience of students with (n = 52) and without attention problems (n = 272) during an achievement task. A secondary purpose of the present study is to compare students' emotional response to various stimuli, when motivated by various achievement goals. Participants were randomly assigned into a mastery goal condition, a normative performance goal condition, and a non-normative performance goal condition. Results, using a latent means analysis, indicate that students with attention problems needed additional time to process emotion-loaded but not neutral words, providing evidence for an interference effect. Furthermore, students in the performance-normative, relative to the performance non-normative, condition showed a salient interference effect with respect to various emotion-loaded and neutral words. (Contains 2 tables, 2 figures, and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Performance Factors, Emotional Experience, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Attention, Achievement, Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Evaluation Methods, Elementary School Students, Stimuli, Learning Disabilities
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Education Level: Elementary Education
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