Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Span J Psychol. 2010 May;13(1):232-43. doi: 10.1017/s1138741600003814.
In a historical revision of the achievement goal construct, Elliot (2005) recognized that there is little consensus on whether the term "goal" in "achievement goal orientations" (GO) is best represented as an "aim", as an overarching orientation encompassing several "aims", or as a combination of aims and other processes -self-regulation, etc.-. Elliot pointed also that goal theory research provides evidence for different models of GO. As there were no consensus on these issues, we decided to get evidence about the nature and structure of GO, about the role of gender differences in the configuration of such structure, and about relations between GO, expectancies, volitional processes and achievement. A total of 382 university students from different faculties of two public universities of Madrid (Spain) that voluntarily accepted to fill in a questionnaire that assessed different goals, expectancies and self-regulatory processes participated in the study. Scales reliability, confirmatory factor analyses, multiple-group analyses, and correlation and regression analyses were carried out. Results support the trichotomous model of GO, the consideration of GO as a combination of aims and other psychological processes, showed some gender differences and favour the adoption of a multiple goal perspective for explaining students' motivation.
在对成就目标结构的历史修订中，埃利奥特（2005）认识到，对于“成就目标取向”（GO）中的“目标”一词是最好表示为一个“目标”，还是表示为包含几个“目标”的总体取向，或者表示为目标和其他过程（自我调节等）的组合，几乎没有共识。埃利奥特还指出，目标理论研究为 GO 的不同模型提供了证据。由于这些问题没有达成共识，我们决定获得有关 GO 的性质和结构、性别差异在这种结构配置中的作用以及 GO、期望、意志过程和成就之间关系的证据。共有来自马德里两所公立大学不同学院的 382 名大学生自愿填写了一份问卷，该问卷评估了不同的目标、期望和自我调节过程。进行了量表可靠性、验证性因素分析、多组分析以及相关和回归分析。结果支持 GO 的三分模型，将 GO 视为目标和其他心理过程的组合，显示出一些性别差异，并有利于采用多种目标视角来解释学生的动机。
