Achievement Goal Theory as motivation variable. An analysis of the instrumental classes at the music conservatory
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https://doi.org/10.7203/LEEME.37.9877Keywords:
Motivation, Achievement Goal Theory, Music, Conservatory, Fretted String Instruments.
Abstract
This pilot study performs an analysis of the Achievement Goals Theory in the context of instrumental classes at a music conservatory. The initial basis of this theory establishes two opposite types of orientation—task orientation made up of intrinsic motivation and ego orientation based on extrinsic motivation—that individuals could favor in order to achieve their objectives. From this bifurcated foundation, diverse research has developed a more extended proposed model than those offered by different levels, those of approach as well as of avoidance, of such opposing constructs. Other investigations, such as those by Lacaille, Whipple, and Koestner (2005), have combined the tripartite matrix proposed by Elliot and Church (1997), consisting of task orientation and two levels of ego orientation along with a category, derived from Deci and Ryan’s Theory of Auto-Determination (2000), denominated intrinsicaesthetic by the authors. This paper researches the latter model through the employment of the date collection instrument created by Lacaille, Whipple, and Koestner (2007), with a sample (N=22) of viola and violin students. The results demonstrate that subjects feel more identification with constructed the task orientation and intrinsic-aesthetic categories than they do with the ego orientation in either of its two levels. This study also seeks out the existence of parallel responses between categories, suggesting a dichotomous matrix that appears to refer to the earliest explication of this theory. Along with this, this study has encountered gender differences that suggest how women demonstrate a greater capability than men with the intrinsic-aesthetic category.
Author Biography
Fernando López Calatayud, Universidad de Valencia
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