@article{4289605,
  abstract     = {Grounded in self-determination theory, this longitudinal study examined the academic correlates of middle and high school students' (N = 923; 33.4% male) intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations (i.e., life goals) and the type of aspirations that they perceive their parents to promote to them. Person-centered analysis revealed 3 meaningful groups: a relatively high intrinsic aspiration group, a relatively moderate intrinsic aspiration group, and a relatively high-intrinsic and high-extrinsic aspiration group. Tukey post hoc comparisons indicated that students in the high intrinsic aspiration group scored higher on mastery-approach goals, effort regulation, and grades than students in the other 2 groups and lower on performance-approach goals and test anxiety than students in the high-high aspiration group. A match between learners' own aspiration profile and the perceived parent-promoted aspiration profile did not alter these between-group differences. Further, intrapersonal fluctuations of intrinsic aspirations covaried with mastery-approach goals over a 1-year time interval, while extrinsic aspirations covaried with performance-approach goals and test anxiety in the same period; none of these within-person associations were consistently moderated by between-student differences in perceived parental aspiration promotion. Instead, perceived parent-promoted intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations were, respectively, positive and negative predictors of between-student differences in positive school functioning. The present results highlight the importance of endorsing and promoting intrinsic aspirations for school adjustment.},
  author       = {Mouratidis, Athanasios and Vansteenkiste, Maarten and Lens, Willy and Michou, Aikaterini and Soenens, Bart},
  issn         = {0022-0663},
  journal      = {JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY},
  keywords     = {INTRINSIC GOAL,EXTRINSIC GOALS,ACHIEVEMENT GOAL THEORY,SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY,LIFE GOALS,MATERIALISTIC VALUES,PERFORMANCE GOALS,BUSINESS STUDENTS,AMERICAN-DREAM,MOTIVATION,intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations,self-determination theory,achievement goals,motivation,parenting},
  language     = {eng},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {895--910},
  title        = {Within-person configurations and temporal relations of personal and perceived parent-promoted aspirations to school correlates among adolescents},
  url          = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0032838},
  volume       = {105},
  year         = {2013},
}

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