Bal M, Baruss Imants
Niagara University.
Psychol Rep. 2011 Dec;109(3):940-8. doi: 10.2466/09.10.21.PR0.109.6.940-948.
A significant amount of research in attachment theory has been devoted to factors affecting academic achievement, but less attention has been given to the role of attachment in the relation between academic achievement and achievement motivation. The current preliminary study examined the role of perceived parental attachment in achievement motivation. Self-report data obtained from the Parental Attachment Questionnaire, Achievement Goals Questionnaire, and the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory were collected from 50 university students with a mean age of 18.8 yr. Correlation and regression analyses indicated that parental facilitation of independence correlated significantly and negatively with fear of failure. Results yielded partial support for the hypothesis that performance-oriented goals are related to a fear of failure, whereas mastery-oriented goals are not. The results also suggest that high parental attachment in the case of high-frequency religious practitioners is related to an increased chance of acquiring a more avoidance-oriented achievement motivation.
依恋理论的大量研究都致力于探讨影响学业成就的因素，但对于依恋在学业成就与成就动机关系中的作用关注较少。当前的初步研究考察了感知到的父母依恋在成就动机中的作用。从50名平均年龄为18.8岁的大学生中收集了来自《父母依恋问卷》《成就目标问卷》和《绩效失败评估量表》的自我报告数据。相关分析和回归分析表明，父母对独立的促进与对失败的恐惧呈显著负相关。结果部分支持了以下假设：成绩导向型目标与对失败的恐惧有关，而掌握导向型目标则不然。研究结果还表明，对于高频宗教从业者而言，高度的父母依恋与获得更具回避导向型成就动机的可能性增加有关。
