About the Measure
Domains | Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance |
Key stages | Key Stage 3 |
Subscales | Task orientation; Avoidance orientation; Self-defeating ego orientation; Self-enhancing ego-orientation |
Description | This measure is designed to assess goal orientations in school. |
Example | At school it is important for me to avoid looking stupid |
Link | http://psycnet.apa.org/record/1997-07777-006 |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 16 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 12-14 |
Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .61-.82 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | 4-factor oblique |
CFA | Not reported |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | Not reported |
Concurrent validity | Task orientation was positively related to academic self-concept, self-efficacy for schoolwork, and self-esteem (beta= .25, .20, and .30, respectively); Avoidance orientation was negatively related to academic self-concept beta= -.15; Self-enhancing ego orientation was positively related to academic self-concept, self-efficacy for schoolwork, and self-esteem (beta= .23, .34, and .12, respectively); Self-defeating ego orientation was negatively related to the same variables beta= -.33, -.19, and -.39, respectively). |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Skaalvik, E. M. (1997). Self-enhancing and self-defeating ego orientation: Relations with task and avoidance orientation, achievement, self-perceptions, and anxiety. Journal of Educational Psychology, 89(1), 71-81. doi:10.1037//0022-0663.89.1.71 |