Second, we tested whether these differences in coping would emerge again five months later (T2). We hypothesized that students who favored social development goals over social demonstration goals would report better coping strategies few months later than students who equally espoused social development goals and social demonstration-approach goals (Hypothesis 2). Regarding social demonstration-avoid goals, we made no particular hypothesis because although prior research has shown its negative nature , research conducted with adolescents has shown that these type of social goals are not necessarily linked with negative outcomes