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The Influence of Avoidance Temperament and Avoidance‐Based Achievement Goals on Flow
Author(s) -
Oertig Daniela,
Schüler Julia,
Brandstätter Veronika,
Augustine Adam A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/jopy.12043
Subject(s) - psychology , temperament , avoidance learning , personality , social psychology , developmental psychology , neuroscience
In the present research, we conducted two studies designed to examine the joint influence of avoidance temperament and avoidance‐based achievement goals on the experience of flow on a creativity task. In both a laboratory study ( N = 101; M age = 22.61, SD age = 4.03; 74.3% female) and a naturalistic study ( N = 102; M age = 16.23, SD age = 1.13; 48% female), participants high in avoidance temperament were shown to experience greater flow when performance‐avoidance goals were induced; no differences were found in any of the other three achievement goal conditions from the 2 × 2 achievement goal framework. These findings reveal a short‐term benefit for a disposition‐goal match grounded in avoidance motivation, and point to the need for more research on both avoidance‐based matches and the short‐term versus long‐term implications of such matches.