caa a22 4500 606203729 CHVBK 20210128100959.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10484-015-9287-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10484-015-9287-8 Academic Goal Orientation and Cardiovascular Reactivity in a Performance Situation [Elektronische Daten] [Helmut Lackner, Margit Gramer, Manuela Paechter, Sigrid Wimmer, Helmut Hinghofer-Szalkay, Ilona Papousek] The present study investigated whether students' academic goal orientation (learning goals, performance goals, work avoidance) and their individual competence beliefs (their academic self-concept) can predict motivation-related cardiovascular activation patterns in a demanding performance situation. A sample of seventy-two undergraduate students rated their academic goal orientation as well as their competence beliefs and completed a mental arithmetic task. Heart rate (HR), blood pressure, pre-ejection period (PEP) as well as cardiac output (CO) and total peripheral resistance were monitored continuously during rest and task exposure. Students scoring higher on work avoidance showed smaller increases in HR and CO, and a smaller shortening of the PEP. A lower academic self-concept was associated with attenuated CO reactivity and a smaller shortening of the PEP. Learning and performance goals were unrelated to cardiovascular activity. The attenuated cardiac activity observed for work avoidance and competence beliefs was interpreted in terms of reduced task engagement resulting from lower success importance. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Academic goal orientation nationallicence Work avoidance nationallicence Academic self-concept nationallicence Cardiovascular reactivity nationallicence Motivational deficit nationallicence Lackner Helmut Institute of Physiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria aut Gramer Margit Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Unit, University of Graz, Graz, Austria aut Paechter Manuela Department of Psychology, Educational Psychology Unit, University of Graz, Univ.-Platz 2, 8010, Graz, Austria aut Wimmer Sigrid Department of Psychology, Educational Psychology Unit, University of Graz, Univ.-Platz 2, 8010, Graz, Austria aut Hinghofer-Szalkay Helmut Institute of Physiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria aut Papousek Ilona Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology Unit, University of Graz, Graz, Austria aut Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 40/3(2015-09-01), 189-200 1090-0586 40:3<189 2015 40 10484 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-015-9287-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10484-015-9287-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lackner Helmut Institute of Physiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gramer Margit Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Unit, University of Graz, Graz, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Paechter Manuela Department of Psychology, Educational Psychology Unit, University of Graz, Univ.-Platz 2, 8010, Graz, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wimmer Sigrid Department of Psychology, Educational Psychology Unit, University of Graz, Univ.-Platz 2, 8010, Graz, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hinghofer-Szalkay Helmut Institute of Physiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Papousek Ilona Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology Unit, University of Graz, Graz, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 40/3(2015-09-01), 189-200 1090-0586 40:3<189 2015 40 10484