Presentation Year

2022

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Sophie Timin Psychology Undergraduate Student, Kevin Cherry Psychology, Brandilynn Villarreal Psychology Faculty, Maddy Jo Avila Psychology Graduate Student, Benjamin Anjewierden Psychology Graduate Student

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We explored the role that instructors play in predicting college student's achievement goals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Achievement goals help us explain the motives behind engagement. Certain types of goals tend to be more adaptive than others. We predicted that greater institutional autonomy support would predict greater psychological need satisfaction. In turn, psychological need satisfaction would predict, respectively, greater mastery approach goals and lower performance-avoidance goals. We found partial support for our hypotheses, yet our findings highlight the importance of encouraging students to self-regulate and explore their own interests.

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Yes

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1019

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