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High Task/High Ego Oriented Students' Reasons for Endorsing Task and Ego Goals in the Context of Physical Education
Author(s) -
Carr Sam
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
applied psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1464-0597
pISSN - 0269-994X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00505.x
Subject(s) - id, ego and super ego , task (project management) , context (archaeology) , relevance (law) , psychology , social psychology , physical education , cognitive psychology , mathematics education , paleontology , management , political science , law , economics , biology
This paper explores the deeper reasons that students identify to account for their endorsement of high task/high ego goals in the context of physical education (PE). Data from in‐depth interviews suggest that although such individuals are thought to reflect a statistically homogenous subgroup, they outline remarkably different qualitative reasons to account for their endorsement of task and ego oriented items. Findings are discussed in terms of their relevance to Nicholls's achievement goal theory in the context of PE.