The Effects of Self-Esteem, Task Label, and Performance Feedback on Task Liking and Intrinsic Motivation
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- 1 August 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Social Psychology
- Vol. 131 (4) , 567-572
Abstract
American undergraduate students' task liking and intrinsic motivation were examined using 2 × 2 × 2 (Self-Esteem × Task Label × Feedback) analyses of variance. Identical tasks were labeled as either difficult or easy, and bogus performance feedback was given randomly to each subject. For subjects with high self-esteem, feedback had strong impact on their liking of a difficult task, whereas for those with low self-esteem, feedback had strong impact on liking of an easy task. After positive feedback for performing a difficult task, subjects with high self-esteem increased task liking, whereas those with low self-esteem decreased task liking. Subjects also showed higher intrinsic motivation after positive feedback than after negative feedback.Keywords
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