Table 1. Descriptive and Correlational Statistics.

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Mastery goals	—
2. Performance-approach goals	.11	—
3. Easy task performance	−.05	.09	—
4. Difficult task performance	−.03	.13	.41**	—
5. Math self-efficacy	.29**	.11	.27**	.17*	—
6. Pre-task challenge seeking	.36**	.10	.24**	.21**	.69**	—
7. Post-task challenge seeking	.23**	−.09	.13	.17*	.17*	.27**	—
Possible range	1–5	1–5	0–4	0–4	1–5	1–5	0 or 1
Mean	3.32	2.99	3.38	1.23	2.86	2.78	.23
Standard deviation	.48	.70	.92	.67	.56	.82	.42
Skewness	−.11	−.05	−1.61	−.16	.01	.21	1.27
Kurtosis	.06	.31	2.17	−.54	.31	−.36	−.38

Note. Post-task challenge seeking was coded 1 when participants chose the difficult task and 0 when they chose the easy task as a follow-up task.

*p<.05,

**p<.01. N = 150.