About the Measure
| Domains | Meta-cognition, Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Perceptions of Self |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3 |
| Subscales | Ego orientation; Task orientation |
| Description | This measure is designed to assess individuals' achievement goal orientations and ascertain whether they are more task or ego-oriented. The instrument was originally validated with adults, but has subsequently been validated with 96 British year 7 pupils. |
| Example | I out-perform my opponents |
| Link | http://shapeamerica.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02640419808559362?needAccess=true |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 12 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 11-13 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | Yes |
| Cronbach's α | .82-.92 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 2-factor oblique |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Principal axis factor analysis found items to load between .86-.66 for the task scale, and between .90-.72 for the eco scale. The combined variance of the two factors was 64.1%. High ego-oriented subjects perceived doing well as winning while low ego-oriented subjects believed that doing well meant trying hard (F= 7.56, p <.05). High ego-oriented subjects also perceived doing well as doing as well as or better than others while low ego- oriented subjects perceived doing well as showing personal improvement (F= 2.19, p<.05) |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Roberts, G. C., Treasure, D. C., & Balague, G. (1998). Achievement goals in sport: The development and validation of the Perception of Success Questionnaire. Journal of Sports Sciences, 16(4), 337-347. doi:10.1080/02640419808559362 Treasure, D. C., & Roberts, G. C. (1994). Perception of Success Questionnaire: Preliminary validation in an adolescent population. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 79(1), 607-610. doi:10.2466/pms.1994.79.1.607 |