Achievement Motivation Different Structure And College Students' Subjective Well - Being And Academic Achievement Expectation

This study explored the relationships between different achievement motivation constructs and subjective well-being and academic achievement anticipation among567Chinese university students (the average age=20.66, SD=1.31). It, in particular, aimed to examine the possible mediating role of achievement goals in the prediction of subjective well-being and academic achievement from two general achievement motivation constructs, that is, achievement motives (the need for achievement versus fear of failure) and social-oriented versus individual-oriented achievement motivation. The research results go as follows.Firstly, the3achievement motivation constructs predicted subjective well-being and academic achievement anticipation differently.Secondly, the relationship between the need for achievement-fear of failure, SOAM-IOAM and subjective well-being, academic achievement anticipation was partially or fully mediated by the achievement goals.Finally, achievement motives (the need for achievement and fear of failure), which are based on the Western culture, and SOAM-IOAM that is based on the Chinese culture had different contributions to subjective well-being and academic achievement anticipation.