TABLE 4.

Intercorrelations between all variables in German.

Motivation in German	Task values	LG	P-AgG	P-AvG	WA	HfS	FoF	Verbal	German G	German G
ASC	0.68	0.58	−0.01	0.38	−0.36	0.55	−0.27	−0.17	0.41	0.46
Task Values		0.70	0.08	0.45	−0.37	0.58	−0.10	−0.21	0.30	0.34
LG			0.06	0.47	−0.47	0.65	−0.13	−0.12	0.34	0.34
P-ApG				0.55	−0.09	0.44	−0.01	−0.05	0.20	0.23
P-AvG					0.26	0.11	0.34	0.02	−0.01	−0.03
WA						−0.47	0.23	0.18	−0.20	−0.21
HfS							−0.30	−0.08	0.28	0.33
FoF								−0.16	−0.24	−0.31
Verbal									0.19	0.10
German Gt0										0.73
German Gt2										—

N = 345. ASC, ability self-concept; LG, learning goals; P-ApG, performance-approach goals; P-AvG, performance-avoidance goals; WA, work avoidance; HfS, hope for success; FoF, fear of failure; Verbal, verbal intelligence; German G, German grade; t0, before testing; t2, after testing. Correlations reflecting criterion-related validities are printed in bold. r ≥ ∣0.11∣, p < 0.05. r ≥ ∣0.14∣, p < 0.01. r ≥ ∣0.17∣, p < 0.001.