About the Measure
| Domains | Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3 |
| Subscales | Social development goal; Social demonstration-approach goal; Social demonstration-avoid goal |
| Description | The Social Achievement Goals measure aims to assess individual differences in adolescents' appraoches to socialising. For instance, some may have social-development goals and therefore seek to improve and strengthen relationships. Those keen to gain popularity are said to have social demonstration-approach goals, while those with social demonstration-avoid goals try to hide social incompetence and is associated with limited and negative relationships. |
| Example | I like it when I learn better ways to get along with friends |
| Link | https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/44370319/An_Exploration_of_Young_Adolescents_Soc20160403-22872-gghsii.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1507040875&Signature=0sLNzrohK%2BSwjY8eBhW9F57FIB4%3D&response-content-disposition=inline |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 18 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 11-14 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .84-.87 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 3-factor oblique |
| CFA | Chi-square(132) = 250.7 n = 189 p <.001 CFI = .91 IFI = .91 RMSEA= .07 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | r= [.16,.40] with perceived social competence |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | A development goal was positively related to prosocial behavior (beta= .30, p < .001) whereas a demonstration-approach goal was negatively related to prosocial behavior (beta= -.40, p < .001). Perceived social competence was also a significant predictor of prosocial behavior (beta= .36, p < .001) |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Jones, M. H., Mueller, C. E., Royal, K. D., Shim, S. S., & Hart, C. O. (2013). Social achievement goals validation among rural African American adolescents. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 31(6), 566-577. doi: 10.1177/0734282913483982 Ryan, A. M., & Shim, S. S. (2008). An exploration of young adolescents' social achievement goals and social adjustment in middle school. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100(3), 672. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.100.3.672 |