Implicit theories about the malleability of various personal attributes have been linked to successful self-regulation in several domains (e.g., abilities and emotions). The current study extends these findings to achievement motivation in the context of self-regulated learning. Two surveys (N = 376 and N = 365) revealed an overall tendency of university students to believe that both intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of their motivation are malleable. Stronger incremental theories about motivation were associated with increased motivation regulation strategy use and effort expenditure via stronger self-efficacy for motivation regulation beyond implicit theories about other domains. This indicates the value of a domain-specific consideration of the impact of implicit theories and individual dispositions on the motivation regulation process. Both implicit theories about motivation and self-efficacy beliefs for motivation regulation may therefore represent target variables in trainings of motivation regulation.

关于各种个人属性的延展性的隐含理论与几个领域（例如，能力和情绪）的成功自我调节有关。目前的研究将这些发现扩展到自我调节学习背景下的成就动机。两次调查（N  = 376 和N = 365) 揭示了大学生的总体趋势，即认为他们的动机的内在和外在方面都是可塑的。更强的关于动机的增量理论与增加的动机调节策略使用和努力支出相关，通过更强的动机调节自我效能超越关于其他领域的内隐理论。这表明了对内隐理论和个人倾向对动机调节过程的影响进行特定领域考虑的价值。因此，关于动机的内隐理论和动机调节的自我效能信念都可以代表动机调节训练中的目标变量。