caa a22 4500 463248635 CHVBK 20180405153333.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11031-007-9058-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11031-007-9058-9 Langens Thomas Department of Psychology, University of Wuppertal, Gauss-Strasse 20, 42097, Wuppertal, Germany aut Emotional and motivational reactions to failure: the role of illusions of control and explicitness of feedback [Elektronische Daten] [Thomas Langens] Previous research has found that illusions of control (IOC) can buffer against the emotional consequences of failure and may increase persistence in the face of failure. Theoretical analyses suggest that IOC are most closely related to a better mood and higher motivation if failure feedback is open to reinterpretation. Two experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that explicitness (vs. ambiguousness) of failure feedback moderates the consequences of IOC following a failure experience. In accord with predictions, it was found that IOC were subsequently related to a better mood (Study 1) and higher persistence (Study 2) if individuals received ambiguous task-inherent failure feedback. In contrast, explicit failure feedback seemed to neutralize the beneficial effects of IOC. These results are discussed with respect to the adaptiveness of IOC. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Illusion of control nationallicence Persistence and mood following failure nationallicence Failure feedback nationallicence Motivation and Emotion Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 31/2(2007-06-01), 105-114 0146-7239 31:2<105 2007 31 11031 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-007-9058-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-007-9058-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Langens Thomas Department of Psychology, University of Wuppertal, Gauss-Strasse 20, 42097, Wuppertal, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Motivation and Emotion Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 31/2(2007-06-01), 105-114 0146-7239 31:2<105 2007 31 11031 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer