Exploring University Instructors' Achievement Goals and Discrete Emotions.

ABSTRACT: Emerging empirical evidence indicates that discrete emotions are associated with teaching practices and professional experiences of university instructors. However, further investigations are necessary given that university instructors often face high job demands and compromised well-being. Achievement goals, which frame achievement-related thoughts and actions, have been found to describe motivational differences in university instructors and are hypothesized to be associated with their discrete emotions. Moreover, as variation exists in how university instructors respond to job demands regarding their emotional experiences, certain goals may moderate this relationship on the basis of framing different interpretations and reactions to stressors. To investigate these links, 439 instructors

SUBMITTER: Rinas R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7426512 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature