scholarly journals Achievement goals and perfectionism of high school students

Psihologija ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milica Milojevic ◽  
Snezana Stojiljkovic ◽  
Jelisaveta Todorovic ◽  
Kristina Kasic
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
School Students ◽  
Parental Criticism ◽  
Mastery Goals ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Approach Goals ◽  
Avoidance Goals

This research has been investigating one of the most contemporary approaches of achievement motivation - Achievement Goal Theory, which uses the construct of achievement goals. The construct of achievement goals involves three types of achievement goals: mastery goals, performance approach goals and performance avoidance goals. The main goal of the research was to examine correlation between perfectionism and its aspects with particular types of achievement goals. Also, the goal was to investigate the difference concerning gender regarding the achievement goals. The sample consisted of 200 senior year high school participants. The following instruments were used: Multi-dimensional scale of perfectionism (MSP) and Test of achievement goals (TCP). The research results indicate that there is significant positive correlation between: perfectionism with performance approach goals and performance avoidance goals, concern over mistakes and parental expectations with performance approach goals and performance avoidance goals, personal standards and organization with mastery goals and performance approach goals, parental criticism and doubts about action with performance avoidance goals. Significant negative correlation was found between parental criticism and mastery goals. The results concerning the second goal indicates the female subjects have higher average scores in mastery goals.

Junior high school students’ achievement goals, social goals, and self-reported persistence in physical education settings

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 218-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianmin Guan ◽  
Ping Xiang ◽  
Xiaofen D Keating ◽  
William M Land
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Social Goals ◽  
School Students ◽  
Mastery Avoidance ◽  
Approach Goals ◽  
Avoidance Goals

This study utilized a 2 × 2 achievement goal model to explore a relationship between achievement goals and social goals, and how these goals are associated with junior high school students’ self-reported persistence toward physical activities. A total of 246 students from four junior high schools participated in the study. The results revealed that mastery-approach goals, social responsibility goals, and performance-approach goals were significantly positive predictors of persistence, whereas mastery-avoidance goals, performance-avoidance goals, and social relationship goals were not significant predictors of persistence. Additionally, girls scored significantly higher values on social relationship, social responsibility, and mastery-avoidance goals than boys, whereas boys reported significantly higher values on performance-approach goals than girls. Findings provide empirical support to the view that both achievement goals and social goals should be used to examine student motivation and achievement in junior high school physical education settings while considering gender differences.

Effects of gender stereotypes on performance in mathematics: A serial multivariable mediation model

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 943-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingjing Song ◽  
Bin Zuo ◽  
Lei Yan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Mathematics Performance ◽  
Male Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Approach Goals

We aimed to determine how gender stereotypes about mathematics affect high school students' performance in this subject through examining the multiple mediating roles of competence belief, type of achievement goal, and effort. Chinese high school students (N = 267) completed measures to assess their gender stereotypes, competence belief, achievement goals, effort, and performance in mathematics. The results of a serial multivariable mediation analysis partly supported the idea that competence belief, achievement goals, and effort act as mediators in the relationship between gender stereotypes and mathematics performance. Specifically, gender stereotypes about mathematics had a negative direct and indirect effect on Chinese female students' mathematics performance: the girls with a stronger gender stereotype were serially associated with less competence belief, lower performance-approach goals, and less effort, all of which, in turn, were associated with poorer performance in mathematics. However, gender stereotypes about mathematics did not predict the level of Chinese male students' performance at mathematics. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

scholarly journals Setting Lower Limits High: The Role of Boundary Goals in Achievement Motivation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine S. Corker ◽  
Brent Donnellan
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Lower Boundary ◽  
Opposite Pattern ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Mastery Avoidance ◽  
Approach Goals ◽  
Avoidance Goals ◽  
Lower Limits ◽  
Mastery Approach

Boundary goals specify the minimum performance level that an individual must attain to subjectively experience success. The current research integrates boundary goals into the hierarchical model of achievement motivation (A. Elliot, 2006) by positing that boundary goals are a sub-goal in the goal hierarchy. We predicted that performance approach goals would be associated with higher boundary goals, whereas performance avoidance goals would be associated with lower boundary goals. We further predicted that boundary goals would mediate the association between achievement goals and performance, independent of other target goals (i.e., levels of aspiration). We also evaluated whether boundary goals served a similar role in explaining associations between mastery goals and performance. We tested these predictions by tracking the performance of 347 college students across the semester. As predicted, performance approach goals were positively associated with boundary goals (beta = .32) whereas performance avoidance goals were negatively associated with boundary goals (beta = -.11). Further, we found that mastery approach goals had positive associations with boundary goals (beta = .29) whereas the opposite pattern occurred for mastery avoidance goals (beta = -.25). Boundary goals were positively linked to exam scores (beta = .32) and mediated the associations between performance approach, mastery approach, and mastery avoidance goals and grades. These statistical effects were independent of the effects of level of aspiration. In short, boundary goals seem to play an important role in the achievement motivation process and may therefore serve as a potentially useful focus for interventions.

Achievement Goals, Social Goals, and Students’ Reported Persistence and Effort in High School Physical Education

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianmin Guan ◽  
Ping Xiang ◽  
Ron McBride ◽  
April Bruene
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Social Goals ◽  
High School Physical Education ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Mastery Avoidance ◽  
Approach Goals ◽  
Avoidance Goals ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between achievement goals and social goals and explored how students’ achievement goals and social goals might affect their reported persistence and effort expended toward physical education in high school settings. Participants were 544 students from two high schools in the southwest U.S. Multiple regression analysis revealed that social responsibility goals represented the greatest contributor to students’ expenditure of persistence and effort toward physical education. This was followed by mastery-approach goals, mastery-avoidance goals, and performance-approach goals. In addition, girls reported significantly higher values on both social-relationship goals and responsibility goals than did boys. Findings revealed that students had multiple goals for wanting to succeed in physical education; using both achievement goals and social goals when studying student motivation and achievement in high school physical education settings is recommend.

Effects of Achievement Motivation and Success/Failure on Attributions, Expectancies, and Performance on a Psychomotor Task

1983 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 901-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. R. McCaughan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Performance Attribution ◽  
Performance Differences ◽  
Failure Feedback ◽  
Male High School ◽  
And Performance

Groups of male high school students ( N = 420) classified as high and low need achievers by the Mehrabian scale used a lever-positioning task to determine performance differences. Success and failure feedback was administered after successive blocks of trials, and both attribution and expectancy data were collected. No differences were found between the motive groups for performance, attribution or expectancy. However, success/failure feedback did produce significant differences for attribution and expectancy, evidence for a situational rather than dispositional effect.

Depressive Symptoms and Achievement Goals: Parental Rejection as a Moderator

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 1369-1396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelia Măirean ◽  
Loredana R. Diaconu-Gherasim
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Parental Rejection ◽  
Mastery Goals ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Maternal Rejection ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Approach Goals ◽  
Avoidance Goals

This present study investigated the longitudinal relations between depressive symptoms and achievement goals and whether maternal and paternal rejection moderated these relations. A sample of 436 early adolescents ([Formula: see text]age = 13.19, 58.33% girls) filled in scales measuring the depressive symptoms (Time 1), parental rejection (Time 2; 1 year later), and achievement goals (Time 2). Early adolescents’ depressive symptoms were positively related to performance-avoidance goals and negatively related to mastery and performance-approach goals. Furthermore, the father’s rejection was positively related to the adolescents’ performance-avoidance and negatively related to mastery goals, whereas maternal rejection was not related to achievement goals. Finally, maternal rejection moderated the association between depressive symptoms and performance-avoidance goals 1 year later. The implications of these results for future studies and educational practices are discussed.

scholarly journals Success purpose tendencies of high school students Lise öğrencilerinin başarı amaç yönelimleri

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 662-678
Author(s):  
İlker Kösterioğlu ◽  
Ümit Çelen ◽  
Meltem Akın Kösterioğlu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Variance Analysis ◽  
School Type ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
School Students ◽  
Approach Tendency ◽  
Type Variable ◽  
And Performance

The aim of this research is to investigate success purpose tendencies of high school students related to the high school type variable. The data was obtained through a developed questionaire for 796 students attending different high schools in Amasya and 2x2 Achievement Goals Questionnaires. For the analyses of the data t-test, one-way variance analysis and (LSD) test to determine the differerence among the groups in the variance analysis and ki-square test were used. Furthermore, descriptive statistical scores that the students got from the scale   were presented.  When the averages investigated, it is seen that learning approach sub-scale average scores are the highest and performance avoidance average scores are the lowest. It is found out that female students have higher average scores related to learning approach and learning avoidance sub-scale whereas the male students have higher average scores in performance approach and performance avoidance sub-scale. There has seen no difference in the class level success purpose tendency average scores of the students related to the class levels. When the scores of the students related to the high school type investigated, there has seen no difference in the learning avoidance sub-scale average scores regarding to the type of school. However, there is a statistically difference in the average scores of the other sub-scale. There is a meaningful relationship between the success perception of the students and success purpose tendency sub-scale in which the students got the highest scores. The adoption in the  the percentage of learning approach tendency of the students who accept themselves partially successful  is  higher than the percentage of learning approach tendency of the students who see themselves partially unsuccessful.The adoption in the  the percentage of learning avoidance and performance avoidance tendency of the students who accept themselves partially unsuccessful is higher than the percentage of the performance approach tendency of the students who see themselves unsuccessful.ÖzetLise tipi öğrencilerinin yönelimlerinin amacı bu araştırmanın başarı hedeflerine ulaşmaktır. İlde farklı okullarda okuyan 796 öğrenciden Veri Amasya anketi oluşturulmuş ve Oryantasyon Ölçeği ile 2x2 Başarı Hedefleri toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde ANOVA (LSD) testi ve ki-kare testi kullanılarak farklı grupların tespiti için t testi, tek yönlü varyans analizi ve en az anlamlı fark kullanılmıştır. Ayrıca, öğrencilerden elde edilen ölçek puanlarının betimsel istatistikleri sunulmuştur. En yüksek öğrenim yaklaşımı alt puan ortalamaları incelenirken, ortalama performans kaçınma alt ölçek puanları en düşük olarak bulunmuştur.Kızların öğrenme yaklaşımı ve kaçınma alt ölçeği öğrenme, performans yaklaşımı ve performans kaçınma alt ölçekleri erkeklerin puanlarının daha yüksek olduğu bulunmuştur. Not ortalaması, başarı notu ortalamalarına göre başarı puan ortalamalarına göre farklılık göstermektedir. Lise öğrencileri, kaçınma alt ölçeği puan ortalamalarının lise türüne göre değiştiği öğrenme türlerine göre puanları incelediğinde; Diğer alt ölçek puanlarında ise istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark olduğu belirlenmiştir. Öğrencilerin başarılarının objektif algılanması ile en yüksek puanı aldıkları yönelim oryantasyon alt ölçeği arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu bulunmuştur.Kendi kendine kısmen başarılı olan ve yaklaşma hedeflerini öğrenen öğrencilerin yüzdesinin başarılı bir şekilde benimsenmesi, kısmen görenlerin başarısız ve başarısız olmasından daha fazladır.

scholarly journals Achievement goals model validation: Is the 2X2 better than the Trichotomous?

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 142
Author(s):  
Bilson Simamora ◽  
Elisabeth Vita Mutiarawati
Keyword(s):  
Achievement Motivation ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Goal Orientations ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
New Students ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Approach Goals ◽  
Avoidance Goals ◽  
Mastery Approach

<span>Achievement motivation evolved fast in the educational field. In this development, the trichotomous and the 2X2 models received myriad attention from the educational specialist. However, there is a debate about which is better between the two models. This study aimed to intercede this debate and argue that the study's duration should be accounted for in the validation. Approach goals should dominate new students' achievement goals, and old students' achievement goals will show the balance of approach and avoidance goals. For these reasons, this study gathers the data from 350 new students and 203 old students. Confirmatory factor analysis reveals that the trichotomous is the best model for new student segments. While for the old student segment, the 2X2 model shows its efficacy. Therefore, for the new students' segment, achievement goals consist of mastery-approach, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals. For the old students, besides those three-goal orientations, mastery-avoidance goals are also included. As expected, the independent sample t-test shows that new students have higher mastery-approach and performance-approach goals than old students have. Self-efficacy is more influential in the new than old student segments, as shown by simple linear regression. This study is still stuck to a single cross-sectional design. Further research can utilize longitudinal research with segmental-based analysis and pay attention to gender, major, social class, or other potential moderation variables.</span>

Achievement Goals and Their Relations to Self-Reported Persistence/Effort in Secondary Physical Education: A Trichotomous Achievement Goal Framework

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bulent Agbuga ◽  
Ping Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Achievement Goal ◽  
Mastery Goals ◽  
8Th Graders ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Approach Goals ◽  
Avoidance Goals

Guided by the trichotomous achievement goal framework, the current study examined mastery, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals and their relations to self-reported persistence/effort among Turkish students in secondary physical education. Two hundred twenty-nine students in grades 8 and 11 completed questionnaires assessing their achievement goals and self-reported persistence/effort in secondary physical education. Results of this study revealed that 8th-graders scored significantly higher than 11th-graders on performance-approach goals and self-reported persistence/effort. Mastery goals and performance-approach goals emerged as significant positive predictors of students’ self-reported persistence/effort, but their predictive power varied by grade. Overall, results of this study provide empirical support for the trichotomous achievement goal framework in the context of secondary school physical education.

scholarly journals Influencia de la educación deportiva sobre la respuesta motivacional del alumnado de bachillerato: Una perspectiva de género (Influence of sport education on high school students’ motivational response: A gender perspective)

Retos ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 546-555
Author(s):  
Rafael Burgueño ◽  
Belén Cueto-Martín ◽  
Esther Morales-Ortiz ◽  
Jesús Medina-Casaubón
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Sport Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Mastery Avoidance ◽  
Approach Goals ◽  
Avoidance Goals ◽  
Identified Regulation

El objetivo de la presente investigación fue analizar el impacto de la Educación Deportiva sobre la motivación del alumnado de bachillerato, considerando la influencia del género. Los participantes fueron 75 estudiantes de bachillerato (38 chicos y 37 chicas; Medad = 16.75, DTedad = 0.87) de tres clases de educación física, quienes completaron medidas sobre regulación motivacional, metas de logro 2x2 y metas sociales al inicio y final de la intervención. El programa de intervención basado en la Educación Deportiva incluyó 12 sesiones de 55 minutos, dos veces por semana en horario regular de educación física. Los resultados del MANOVA 2x2 mostraron un aumento significativo en motivación intrínseca, regulación integrada, identificada e introyectada, así como, en las metas de aproximación-maestría, metas de responsabilidad y de relación. Se encontraron disminuciones significativas en desmotivación, metas de aproximación-rendimiento y evitación-maestría. En cuanto al género, se encontraron cambios significativos en la regulación identificada entre los alumnos y alumnas en el post-test. Se hallaron cambios significativos en regulación identificada, metas de aproximación-maestría y metas de responsabilidad en los alumnos entre el pre-test y el post-test. Las alumnas mostraron cambios significativos en regulación introyectada, desmotivación, metas de evitación-maestría y, metas de responsabilidad y relación. En su conjunto, la Educación Deportiva es un modelo pedagógico que favorece la adecuada respuesta motivacional del alumnado de bachillerato en su proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje deportivo en la clase de educación física.Abstract. This research aimed to analyse the impact of Sport Education on high school students’ motivation, considering the effect of gender. The participants were 75 high school students (38 boys and 37 girls, Mage = 16.75, SDage = 0.87) from three physical education classes who completed measures on behavioural regulation, 2x2 achievements goals and social goals in the beginning and the end of the intervention. The intervention programme under Sport Education conditions included twelve 50-minutes lessons, twice per week in regular physical education schedule. The results derived from 2x2 MANOVA showed a significant increase in intrinsic motivation, integrated, identified, and introjected regulation, as well as, mastery-approach goals, and responsibility and relationship goals. There was also a significant decrease in amotivation, performance-approach goals and mastery-avoidance goals. With respect to gender, there were significantly differences in identified regulation between male and female students at post-test. Significantly changes were also found in identified regulation, mastery-approach goals and responsibility goals in male students between pre-test and post-test. Instead, there were significantly changes in introjected regulation, amotivation, mastery-avoidance goals, and responsibility and relationship goals. As a whole, Sport Education is a pedagogical model that promotes the high school students’ adequate motivational response in their sport teaching-learning process in physical education class.

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