A Model of Motivational Spillover: When One Thing Leads to Another

dc.contributor.authorQuintela, Yvetteen
dc.contributor.committeechairDonovan, John J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHauenstein, Neil M. A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFoti, Roseanne J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCarlson, Kevin D.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:16:33Zen
dc.date.adate2005-10-21en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:16:33Zen
dc.date.issued2005-09-02en
dc.date.rdate2005-10-21en
dc.date.sdate2005-09-22en
dc.description.abstractFew studies have examined whether performance feedback on a given task can have implications for motivational processes on an altogether distinct task. The present study proposes and tests a model for motivational spillover in a goal-setting context. Participants (N = 201) were provided with goal-performance discrepancy feedback (GPD) on a creativity task (CT) and were subsequently asked to complete an unrelated stock-predicting task (SPT). Results indicate that GPD feedback on the CTs was positively associated with positive affect such that negative GPDs resulted in low levels of positive affect and positive GPDs resulted in high levels of positive affect. This positive affect was in turn positively related to self-efficacy for the SPT. Self-efficacy was positively associated with personal goals, and goals were positively related to performance on the SPT. These findings provide initial evidence for the occurrence of positive and negative motivational spillover in a natural performance setting.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-09222005-152312en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09222005-152312/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/29058en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartQuintelaDissertationBody.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartQuintelaDissertationFrontMatter.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectgoal performance discrepanciesen
dc.subjectpositive and negative affecten
dc.subjectMotivational spilloveren
dc.subjectgoal-settingen
dc.subjectSelf-efficacyen
dc.titleA Model of Motivational Spillover: When One Thing Leads to Anotheren
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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