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High Task/High Ego Oriented Students' Reasons for Endorsing Task and Ego Goals in the Context of Physical Education
Article first published online: 27 APR 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00505.x
© 2012 The Author. Applied Psychology: An International Review © 2012 International Association of Applied Psychology
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Applied Psychology
Special Issue: Multiple Goals in Learning Contexts. This Special Issue was managed and accepted by previous Editor-in-Chief, Sabine Sonnentag
Volume 61, Issue 4, pages 540–563, October 2012
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Carr, S. (2012), High Task/High Ego Oriented Students' Reasons for Endorsing Task and Ego Goals in the Context of Physical Education. Applied Psychology:An International Review, 61: 540–563. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00505.x
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- Issue published online: 2 AUG 2012
- Article first published online: 27 APR 2012
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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.