Economic status and avoidance motivation: a meta-analysis

Gilbert, Karen M.; Elliot, Andrew J.; Le, Bonnie M.

doi:10.1007/s11031-022-09930-9

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“…While academic mastery-avoidance goals may be an adaptive response for many students in the face of psychological threats that arise from the academic environment, they are nonetheless associated with a host of negative academic outcomes that contribute to broader patterns of inequality. In this way, the root causes that rest beyond the individual student processes can lead to avoidance-oriented motivation which may contribute greatly to socioeconomic stagnation and decline among students from racially marginalized and minoritized backgrounds (Gilbert et al, 2022 ; Grable, 2000 ; Hallahan et al, 2003 ; Shaw, 1996 ). As the number of college students of color continues to increase across the U.S.…”

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“…The current research is specifically focused on investigating whether concerns about downward socioeconomic mobility increase the likelihood that students adopt avoidance goals versus adopting approach goals. Thus, the current work is uniquely positioned to complement the resurgence of scholarship investigating unestablished antecedents of avoidance motivation (e.g., Gilbert et al, 2022 ).…”

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“…When individuals who belong to groups that have been historically marginalized experience stereotype threat or identity threat, they are more likely to focus on avoidance strategies and adopt avoidance goals to regulate their experiences of threat (Brodish & Devine, 2009 ; Chalabaev et al, 2008 ; Keller, 2007 ; Ryan & Ryan, 2005 ; Seibt & Förster, 2004 ). Given the body of work indicating that experiences of threat (e.g., stereotype threat, threat of belonging, identity threat broadly) are related to avoidance motivation among individuals from historically marginalized backgrounds (e.g., Derks et al, 2006 ; Elliot, 1999 ; Gilbert et al, 2022 ; Park, 2010 ), we predict that concerns about downward socioeconomic mobility will lead college students of color toward cognition and behavior that is characterized by a heightened acuity and vigilance to negative circumstances (i.e., avoidance goals). In short, prior experiences of threat and related identity-specific challenges that arise from the contexts that they navigate may lead students of color to adopt academic avoidance goals in the face of downward socioeconomic mobility.…”

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Concern about experiencing downward socioeconomic mobility generates precarious types of motivation among students of color

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Students’ beliefs about whether they will experience changes in their socioeconomic status influence their academic motivation. We propose that students who are concerned about downward socioeconomic mobility will focus their attention on negative academic outcomes and exhibit motivational goals oriented towards preventing negative possibilities and that this relationship will be particularly pronounced among students of color. Two studies investigated the relationship between college students’ concerns about downward socioeconomic mobility and their adoption of academic achievement goals. The more that students of color expressed concerns about experiencing downward socioeconomic mobility, the more they adopted academic mastery-avoidance goals (β = 0.76), whereas there was no significant relationship between concerns about downward socioeconomic mobility and mastery-avoidance goals among White students (β = - 0.24; Study 1). Experimentally induced concerns about downward socioeconomic mobility increased academic mastery-avoidance goals among students of color (β = - 0.58) but decreased mastery-avoidance goals among White students (β = 0.46; Study 2). Together, results indicate that there is a strong relationship between concerns about downward socioeconomic mobility and mastery-avoidance goals among students of color, highlighting the importance of understating how students of color make sense of their future socioeconomic prospects in order to most effectively support their academic trajectories positively. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11218-023-09763-5.

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“…[49][50][51][52] Studies have found that overparenting exists in families with different SES 53,54 and that families with higher incomes have higher levels of overparenting than those with lower incomes. 55,56 On the other hand, there is a negative relationship between SES and individuals' avoidance motivation, 57,58 SES can significantly negatively predict individuals' avoidant coping, 59 and there is a negative relationship between SES and fear-avoidance beliefs. 60 These studies all showed that SES could affect individuals' avoidance behaviors.…”

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The Relationship Between Overparenting and Social Avoidance Among Emerging Adults: Mediating Role of Peer Attachment and Gender Differences

Chen,

Xia,

Ren

et al. 2024

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Purpose We aim to explore the relationship between overparenting and social avoidance among emerging adults, and the mediating effects of peer attachment and gender differences. Participants and Methods A total of 1161 Chinese college students completed the questionnaire. The structural equation model was established to validate the main effect model and the mediation model. Results The results found that both paternal and maternal overparenting positively predicted social avoidance among emerging adults. Both attachment avoidance and attachment anxiety played a significant mediating role in the relationship between paternal overparenting and social avoidance. Attachment anxiety played a significant mediating role in the relationship between maternal overparenting and social avoidance, while, the mediating effect of attachment avoidance was not significant. In addition, gender differences were found in the mediating effects of peer attachment. The mediating effect of attachment anxiety in males’ families had an opposite-gender matching effect, while in females’ families, the mediating effect of attachment avoidance had an opposite-gender matching effect. Conclusion This study contributes to the understanding of the effects of overparenting on emerging adults, enriching empirical research in related fields.

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Financial scarcity and financial avoidance: an eye-tracking and behavioral experiment

Hilbert,

Noordewier,

Seck

et al. 2024

Psychological Research

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When having less money than needed, people experience financial scarcity. Here, we conducted a laboratory experiment to investigate whether financial scarcity increases financial avoidance – the tendency to avoid dealing with ones finances. Participants completed an incentivized task where they managed the finances of a household by earning income and paying expenses across multiple rounds. We manipulated participants’ financial situation such that they either had sufficient (financial abundance) or insufficient (financial scarcity) financial resources. At the end of each round, participants received an additional expense in the form of a letter. To measure financial avoidance in the form of attentional disengagement, we used an eye-tracker and assessed whether participants in the financial scarcity condition avoided looking at the expense letters. As a behavioral measure of financial avoidance, participants had the option to delay the payment of these expenses until the end of the experiment at no additional cost. Results showed no effect of financial scarcity on the eye-tracking measure, but there was an effect on the behavioral measure: Participants that experienced financial scarcity were more likely to delay payments. The behavioral finding corroborates the notion that financial scarcity can lead to financial avoidance. We explore potential reasons for the null-effect on the eye-tracking measure and discuss how future research can build upon our findings.

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Economic status and avoidance motivation: a meta-analysis

Cited by 5 publications

References 110 publications

Concern about experiencing downward socioeconomic mobility generates precarious types of motivation among students of color

Concern about experiencing downward socioeconomic mobility generates precarious types of motivation among students of color

The Relationship Between Overparenting and Social Avoidance Among Emerging Adults: Mediating Role of Peer Attachment and Gender Differences

Financial scarcity and financial avoidance: an eye-tracking and behavioral experiment

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