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  • Title: Effects of achievement goal striving on well-being: the moderating role of the explicit achievement motive.
    Author: Job V, Langens TA, Brandstätter V.
    Journal: Pers Soc Psychol Bull; 2009 Aug; 35(8):983-96. PubMed ID: 19498069.
    Abstract:
    This research is based on the theoretical conception of motives and goals as distinct motivational concepts. Previous research has demonstrated that discrepancies between implicit motives and goals have negative consequences for well-being. The authors have extended these findings to the explicit motive system, with four studies investigating the moderating role of the explicit achievement motive on the relationship between achievement goal striving and well-being. In line with their expectations, achievement goal striving was accompanied by high positive affect (Studies 1 and 2) and a high number of positive affective experiences (Study 3) only when the explicit achievement motive was high. Longitudinal Study 4 showed that the interaction between the explicit achievement motive and achievement goal commitment predicts changes in subjective well-being and health measured over a 3-month period.
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