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Abstract(s)
Current research on achievement goals acknowledges that students can manifest
different goal patterns. This study aimed to adapt and validate a self-report scale
to assess the goal orientations of Portuguese students. A total of 2675 (age
range 9–24 years) Portuguese students completed the Goal Orientations Scale
(GOS). Through a cross-validation procedure, confirmatory factor analysis and
descriptive statistics supports the existence of four different goal orientations:
task, self-enhancing, self-defeating and avoidance orientations. The reliability and
the internal validity estimates confirm that the GOS is an adequate instrument in
assessing student goal orientations.
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Keywords
Motivation Achievement goals Portuguese students Psychometrics
Citation
European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1-12. Doi: 10.1080/17405629.2016.1216835
Publisher
Taylor & Francis