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Jagacinski, Carolyn
Associate Professor, Industrial/Organizational Area

Contact
Address:
703 Third Street
PSYC, room 2118
West Lafayette
IN 47907 USA

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Telephone: (765) 494-6257

Information: Ph.D Michigan, 1978

My research interests in general encompass factors that influence motivation. Recent research has focused on the impact of achievement goals on affect, cognition, and performance. We have been using the 2 x 2 structure of achievement goals which identifies them in terms of definition of competence (mastery versus performance and valence (approach versus avoidance). However, we are expanding the model to include the goal of work avoidance in which individuals wish to minimize the effort they put into work tasks. We examine both the impact of situation factors that encourage the adoption of different goals and individual differences in goal adoption. Recent work has focused on the effects of achievement goals and affect on performance of intelligence test items, taking into account the dynamic nature of motivation and affect.

Recent Publications:


Jagacinski, C. M., Kumar, S., & Kokkinou, I. (2008). Challenge Seeking: The Relationship of Achievement Goals to Choice of Task Difficulty Level in Ego-Involving and Neutral Conditions. Motivation and Emotion, 32, 310-322.

Jagacinski, C. M., Kumar, S., Boe, J. L., Lam, H., & Miller Steven A. (2010). Changes in Achievement Goals and Competence Perceptions across the College Semester. Motivation and Emotion, 34, 191-204.

Lustenberger, D., & Jagacinski, C. M. (2010). Exploring the Effects of Ostracism on Performance and Motivation. Human Performance.

Kumar, S., & Jagacinski, C.M. (2011). Confronting task difficulty in ego involvement: Change in performance goals. Journal of Educational Psychology, 103, 664-682.