Goal Orientation Test: An Objective Behavioral Test
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UAM. Departamento de Psicología Biológica y de la SaludPublisher
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2019-05-06Citation
10.1177/0033294119845847
Psychological Reports 123.4 (2019): 1425-1451
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0033-2941 (print); 1558-691X (online)DOI
10.1177/0033294119845847Editor's Version
https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294119845847Subjects
personality theory; tests/questionnaires; achievement goals; goal motivation; Self-Determination Theory; PsicologíaRights
© The Author(s) 2019Abstract
The aim of the present research is to assess goal orientation (mastery and performance) by developing an objective behavioral test. We elaborated the Mastery Performance-Goal Orientation Test, a task that allows assessment of goal orientation along a single dimension. We studied its reliability and validity by conducting two studies. In Study 1 (N = 293 adults), the distribution of scores along the goal orientation variable showed wide variability and high internal consistency. The mastery-oriented participants demonstrated higher levels of category learning, whereas the performance-oriented participants responded in a less discriminative way but achieved higher scores. In Study 2 (N = 41 undergraduate students), the mastery-oriented participants achieved higher scores on a learning task than the performance-oriented subjects. The results also showed that the test had the potential to predict subsequent learning. We conclude that it might be a useful instrument to assess goal orientation
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Google Scholar:Romero Velázquez, Miriam
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Hernández López, José Manuel
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Santacreu Mas, José
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