New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2011 May;37(5):662-73. doi: 10.1177/0146167211399926. Epub 2011 Mar 7.
Four studies used experimental and correlational methods to investigate the effect of a "partner-achievement goal," or a personal goal for a relationship partner's successful achievement. This goal led support providers to offer unhelpful support about how to play a computer game (Study 1). It also predicted poor achievement for dieting support recipients (Study 2). The effects of partner-achievement goals were moderated by recipient expectations of success and mediated by recipient effort. Recipients with low expectations of their own success requested that their provider partners with partner-achievement goals refrain from offering them support (Study 3); they also invested less time studying Latin grammar and learned fewer Latin words over one week (Study 4). Together, these findings highlight the unique behavioral consequences of partner-achievement goals for both members of a relationship.
四项研究采用实验和相关方法，调查了“伴侣成就目标”（即个人对伴侣成功的目标）的效果。这一目标导致支持提供者提供关于如何玩电脑游戏的无益支持（研究 1）。它还预测节食支持接受者的成绩不佳（研究 2）。伴侣成就目标的影响受接受者对成功的期望的调节，由接受者的努力来介导。对自己成功期望较低的接受者要求有伴侣成就目标的提供者不要向他们提供支持（研究 3）；他们还在一周内投入更少的时间学习拉丁语语法，学习的拉丁语单词也更少（研究 4）。这些发现共同强调了伴侣成就目标对关系双方的独特行为后果。
