Grupo de Investigación en Psicología Educativa (GIPED) Universidade da Coruña.
Psicothema. 2018 Feb;30(1):53-58. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2017.199.
The relationship between defensive pessimism, self-esteem, and achievement goals is a controversial issue. The main contribution of this research is the adoption of a person-centered approach to explore the existence of differentiated profiles of university students, which combine self-esteem and defensive pessimism. In addition, we analyze whether these profiles differ in their achievement goals (learning, performance-approach, performance-avoidance, and work-avoidance).
1,028 university students took part in the study.
Four student profiles were identified: (a) HSE/MDP (high self-esteem and moderate defensive pessimism); (b) LSE/LDP (low self-esteem and low defensive pessimism); (c) HSE/LDP (high self-esteem and low defensive pessimism); and (d) LSE/HDP (low self-esteem and high defensive pessimism). These four profiles differ significantly in their achievement goals.
The use of defensive pessimism may involve students with either low or high self-esteem, although the two profiles follow differentiated motivational achievement trajectories.
防御性悲观与自尊和成就目标之间的关系是一个有争议的问题。本研究的主要贡献是采用以人为中心的方法来探索大学生的自尊和防御性悲观相结合的差异化特征的存在。此外，我们还分析了这些特征在成就目标（学习、表现趋近、表现回避和工作回避）上是否存在差异。
1028 名大学生参与了这项研究。
确定了四种学生特征：（a）高自尊和适度防御性悲观（HSE/MDP）；（b）低自尊和低防御性悲观（LSE/LDP）；（c）高自尊和低防御性悲观（HSE/LDP）；以及（d）低自尊和高防御性悲观（LSE/HDP）。这四个特征在成就目标上存在显著差异。
使用防御性悲观可能涉及自尊心高或低的学生，尽管这两种特征遵循不同的动机成就轨迹。
