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Exerted effort and performance in climbing among boys: the influence of achievement goals, perceived ability, and task difficulty.

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In achievement contexts such as sport, achievement goal theory assumes that an individual's major concern is to demonstrate competence. However, competence may be expressed in two ways: as task and ego involvement (Nicholls, 1989). Seventy-eight boys (M age = 13.6 years) performed five climbing courses, and the influence of achievement goals, perceived ability, and task difficulty on effort and performance was studied. According to the achievement goal theory: (a) task-involved boys exerted more effort and performed better than ego-involved boys; and (b) exerted effort was determined by an interaction of one's achievement goal, perceived ability (PA), and task difficulty. Ego-high PA boys and task-low PA boys exerted the most effort on the moderate course; ego-low PA boys exerted least effort on the moderate and very difficult courses. Finally, task-high PA boys exerted more effort on the most difficult courses. The motivational processes underlying these findings are discussed.

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Psychologie
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hal-00387236 , version 1 (25-05-2009)

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Philippe Sarrazin, Glyn C. Roberts, François Cury, Stuart Biddle, Jean-Pierre Famose. Exerted effort and performance in climbing among boys: the influence of achievement goals, perceived ability, and task difficulty.. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2002, 73 (4), pp.425-36. ⟨10.1080/02701367.2002.10609042⟩. ⟨hal-00387236⟩
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