Temporal Distance on Motivation (completed)

This project focuses on the implications of temporal distance on motivation-related concepts.

About the project

The results of an experiment, based on five hundred and eighty-five sixth graders, revealed that both positive (approach) and negative (avoidance) motivation increased as the future goal/event approached in time. This increase in approach and avoidance motivation influenced the performance level of the pupils differently. For success-oriented pupils the performance level increased. For failure-oriented pupils the performance level remained about the same.

Research category

Basic research

Published Oct. 15, 2010 3:27 PM - Last modified May 15, 2018 4:54 PM

Contact

Torgrim Gjesme

+47-22855297

torgrim.gjesme@ped.uio.no

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