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Changes in self-esteem across the first year in college: the role of achievement goals |
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| Authors: | Sungok Serena Shim Allison M Ryan Jerrell Cassady |
| Institution: | 1. Educational Psychology, Ball State University , Muncie , IN , USA;2. Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Champaign , IL , USA |
| Abstract: | This longitudinal study examined the effects of achievement goals on the growth trajectories of self-esteem during the first-year at a comprehensive public university. College freshmen (N?=?311) were followed for one academic year with three time points. Between-individual differences and within-individual change in achievement goals were distinguished and used as predictors for the growth trajectories of self-esteem. A growth curve analysis revealed that initially high mastery goals and subsequent increases in mastery goals were related to high self-esteem while initially high performance-avoidance goals were related to low self-esteem. The initial levels of performance-approach goals were not related to self-esteem but subsequent increases in performance-approach goals were associated with low self-esteem. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. |
| Keywords: | achievement goals motivation self-esteem first-year college students transition to college growth curve analysis hierarchical linear modeling |