Task enjoyment and task perseverance in relation to task success and self-esteem

Abstract

Attempted to use self-esteem as a moderator for the relationship between success-failure and task enjoyment in a study using 68 male and 80 female undergraduates. It was hypothesized that success-failure would be related to enjoyment for a high but not for a low self-esteem group. This was not the case. Success and failure were related to task enjoyment regardless of the self-esteem of s as determined by typical measures of this variable. It was further found that a possible behavioral measure of task enjoyment (perseverance on a task) was not highly related to a rating of task enjoyment. Results raise questions concerning the meaning of ratings of enjoyment. (16 ref.) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)