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Performance Goals

Performance Goals is an academic concept denoting a type of goal orientation within achievement motivation theory that belongs to the broader category of goal orientations and is specifically characterized by a focus on demonstrating competence relative to others or achieving normative success criteria rather than on mastering skills or improving one’s own performance.

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The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior

Edward L. Deci, Richard M. Ryan · Psychological Inquiry · 2000 · 32.1K citations

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Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals, Handbook I: Cognitive Domain

Benjamin S. Bloom, Max D. Engelhart, Edward J. Furst et al. · 1956 · 9.4K citations

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Mindset: the new psychology of success

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 7.9K citations

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Expectancy–Value Theory of Achievement Motivation

Allan Wigfield, Jacquelynne S. Eccles · Contemporary Educational Psychology · 2000 · 7.1K citations

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Grit: Perseverance and passion for long-term goals.

Angela Duckworth, Christopher Peterson, Michael D. Matthews et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2007 · 6.8K citations

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  1. AJ
    Andrew J. Elliot

    University of Rochester, United States

    84 publications · 40.5K citations

    67

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  2. EA
    Edwin A. Locke

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    65 publications · 33.9K citations

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  3. GP
    Gary P. Latham

    University of Toronto, Canada

    63 publications · 31.3K citations

    47

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  4. JL
    Joan L. Duda

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    45 publications · 7K citations

    38

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  5. JM
    Judith M. Harackiewicz

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    44 publications · 16.1K citations

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  1. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    61 h-index

    103 publications

    85.3K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    56 h-index

    127 publications

    52.6K citations

  3. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    53 h-index

    93 publications

    30.6K citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    42 h-index

    101 publications

    13.6K citations

  5. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    40 h-index

    83 publications

    19.2K citations

  6. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    39 h-index

    91 publications

    6.3K citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    38 h-index

    86 publications

    9.1K citations

  8. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    32 h-index

    81 publications

    14.6K citations

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  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    156 publications · 51.3K citations

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  2. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    169 publications · 64.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Psychology

    194 publications · 30.1K citations

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  4. Contemporary Educational Psychology

    CEP · 86 publications · 23.1K citations

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  5. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

    JSEP · 77 publications · 7.9K citations

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