Achievement Goals, Self-Efficacy, and Psychological Flexibility as Antecedent of Study Engagement

The present study investigated whether study engagement is predicted by personal resources (i.e., self-efficacy and psychological flexibility) and achievement goals. A total of 223 French first-year humanities and social sciences students were invited to complete an online questionnaire comprising scales measuring the three predictors. The results of regression analyses showed that 43.3% of the variance in study engagement was predicted by self-efficacy, psychological flexibility, and achievement goals, implying that these three factors could be used as levers to promote study engagement.