%0 Journal Article
%T Achievement Goals, Implicit Theories, and Intrinsic Motivation: A Test of Domain Specificity Across Music, Visual Art, and Sports
%A Chee Keng John Wang
%A Eugene I. Dairianathan
%A Leonard Tan
%J Journal of Research in Music Education
%@ 1945-0095
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0022429418784563
%X The purpose of this study was to test the domain specificity of achievement goals across music, visual art, and sports specializations, as measured by Elliot¡¯s 2 ¡Á 2 achievement goal framework. Participants in the study were 103 volunteer student teachers from a teacher training institute in Singapore specializing in music, visual art, and physical education. Data were collected via self-report questionnaires that included measures of (a) the 2 ¡Á 2 achievement goal orientation constructs; (b) incremental and entity beliefs among the participants in music, visual art, and sports; and (c) participants¡¯ enjoyment, perceived competence, effort, and tension while being engaged in music, visual art, and sports. MANOVA analyses indicated that (a) achievement goals are domain-specific and are highest in participants¡¯ area of specialization; (b) implicit theories can be generalized across the three specializations, with higher incremental beliefs than entity beliefs reported across all specializations; and (c) enjoyment was highest for those who specialized in that particular area. Finally, mastery-approach goals positively predicted enjoyment in each specialization
%K mastery-performance goals
%K approach-avoidance goals
%K entity and incremental beliefs
%K intrinsic motivation
%K domain specificity
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022429418784563