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The Interplay of Achievement Motive-Goal Incongruence and State and Trait Self-Control: A Pilot Study Considering Cortical Correlates of Self-Control
- Source :
- Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Vol 13 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media S.A., 2019.
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Abstract
- Objective: This study utilized different theoretical perspectives to better understand motor performance. We refered to concepts of achievement motive-goal incongruence and assessed cortical correlates of self-control. We assumed that more self-control is required when people act in conformance with an incongruent goal which, in turn, results in impaired performance. We considered the activation of a brain area associated with self-control (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, dLPFC) as a consequence of motive-goal incongruence. Furthermore, we analyzed whether trait self-control buffers the negative effects of achievement motive—goal incongruence.Method: Twenty-eight participants (17 women, mean age: 24 years), whose implicit achievement motives were assessed at the beginning of the study, performed a handgrip task in an achievement goal condition and in three incongruent conditions, while their dLPFC oxygenation was monitored continuously (using functional near-infrared spectroscopy, fNIRS).Results: None of the two-way interactions (motive × goal condition) reached significance. A significant three-way interaction (motive × trait self-control × goal condition) showed that trait self-control buffered the detrimental effects of incongruence on motor performance. The nature of the three-way interaction predicting dLPFC oxygenation was unexpected.Conclusions: Although our results have to be treated with caution due to a small sample size, we see them as an encouraging starting point for further research on the interplay between motive-goal incongruence and trait and cortical correlates of state self-control that we assume to be important to understand performance in strenuous tasks.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16625153
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.631a63c11cd342b591c033cb3c2a4631
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00235