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This paper uses data from a large study of US high school mathematics engagement to quantitatively examine how different aspects of affect—interest, positive emotions, and negative emotions—influence different aspects of motivation—mastery goal orientation, performance goal orientation, and self-efficacy—in the context of mathematics classrooms. The results of a latent path analysis suggest that whereas interest was significantly associated with each of the different types of motivation, positive and negative emotions were only associated with self-efficacy. Implications for differentiating between the influence of different types of affect in learning contexts are discussed.
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Understanding the Consequences of Moment-by-Moment Fluctuations in Mood and Social Experience for Paranoid Ideation in Psychotic Disorders
Abstract Among individuals with psychotic disorders, paranoid ideation is common and associated with increased impairment, decreased quality of life, and a more pessimistic prognosis. Although accumulating research indicates negative affect is a key precipitant of paranoid ideation, the possible protective role of positive affect has not been examined. Further, despite the interpersonal nature of paranoid ideation, there are limited and inconsistent findings regarding how social context, perceptions, and motivation influence paranoid ideation in real-world contexts. In this pilot study, we used smartphone ecological momentary assessment to understand the relevance of hour-by-hour fluctuations in mood and social experience for paranoid ideation in adults with psychotic disorders. Multilevel modeling results indicated that greater negative affect is associated with higher concurrent levels of paranoid ideation and that it is marginally related to elevated levels of future paranoid ideation. In contrast, positive affect was unrelated to momentary experiences of paranoid ideation. More severe momentary paranoid ideation was also associated with an elevated desire to withdraw from social encounters, irrespective of when with familiar or unfamiliar others. These observations underscore the role of negative affect in promoting paranoid ideation and highlight the contribution of paranoid ideation to the motivation to socially withdraw in psychotic disorders.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1753452
- PAR ID:
- 10379288
- Publisher / Repository:
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Schizophrenia Bulletin Open
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 2632-7899
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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