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Depression and approach‐avoidance achievement goals of Chinese undergraduate students

A four‐wave longitudinal study

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ID9615331
AuthorsWenjuan Gao (0000-0001-8751-1302, Institute of Higher Education Beihang University Beijing China), Junlin Ji (Institute of Higher Education Beihang University Beijing China), Wenjie Zhang (0000-0001-5949-0268, Graduate School of Education Peking University Beijing China), Xinqiao Liu (0000-0001-6620-4119, School of Education Tianjin University Tianjin China, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume94
Issue1
Pages151-164
Publication date2024-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/bjep.12638
PMID37783569
OpenAlexW4387244319
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited68

OBJECTIVE: The study explored the prospective relations between depression and approach-avoidance achievement goals of undergraduate students in China. METHODS: 2473 full-time undergraduates reported their depression and achievement goals annually from the freshman to the senior year. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and cross-lagged models. RESULTS: Students' achievement goals decreased gradually during the first 3 years but rose in the fourth year, and the avoidance goals appeared to be less prevalent than the approach goals over time. Depression was negatively associated with approach goals, whereas positively correlated with avoidance goals. Depression in the freshman and sophomore years resulted in more avoidance goals 1 year later, and the depressive problems in the junior year predicted the decline of approach goals in the senior year. CONCLUSIONS: The present study highlighted the deleterious effects of depression on the achievement goals of college students

Academic achievement · Cognition · Depression (economics) · Depressive symptoms · Developmental psychology · Longitudinal study · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation · Medicine · Psychological Treatments and Assessments · Psychology

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