TY - JOUR
T1 - What if I can’t? Success expectancies moderate the effects of utility value information on situational interest and performance
AU - Durik, Amanda M.
AU - Shechter, Olga G.
AU - Noh, Michael
AU - Rozek, Christopher S.
AU - Harackiewicz, Judith M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Two studies tested how the effects of a utility value manipulation on interest and performance were moderated by expectations for success. College students learned a new technique for mentally solving multiplication problems with instructions containing task utility information or not. In Study 1 (N = 62), the effect of the utility value information was positive for individuals with high success expectancies, but negative for individuals with low success expectancies. Study 2 (N = 148) examined the causal role of success expectancies by manipulating whether participants received an expectancy boost before receiving the utility manipulation. The results showed further support for the importance of success expectancies in moderating the effect of directly-communicated utility value. The results are discussed in relation to other research on utility value, interest, and expectancy–value models of achievement behavior.
AB - Two studies tested how the effects of a utility value manipulation on interest and performance were moderated by expectations for success. College students learned a new technique for mentally solving multiplication problems with instructions containing task utility information or not. In Study 1 (N = 62), the effect of the utility value information was positive for individuals with high success expectancies, but negative for individuals with low success expectancies. Study 2 (N = 148) examined the causal role of success expectancies by manipulating whether participants received an expectancy boost before receiving the utility manipulation. The results showed further support for the importance of success expectancies in moderating the effect of directly-communicated utility value. The results are discussed in relation to other research on utility value, interest, and expectancy–value models of achievement behavior.
KW - Interest
KW - Perceived competence
KW - Success expectancies
KW - Task value
KW - Utility value
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84928110308
U2 - 10.1007/s11031-014-9419-0
DO - 10.1007/s11031-014-9419-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928110308
SN - 0146-7239
VL - 39
SP - 104
EP - 118
JO - Motivation and Emotion
JF - Motivation and Emotion
IS - 1
ER -