ERIC Number: EJ1345819
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Sep
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-2928
EISSN: EISSN-1878-5174
Reciprocal Relations between Achievement Goals and Academic Performance in a Collectivist Higher Education Context: A Longitudinal Study
An, Min; Zhang, Xiao; Wang, Ying; Zhao, Jingxin; Kong, Lingyue
European Journal of Psychology of Education, v37 n3 p971-988 Sep 2022
This study examined the bidirectional longitudinal relations between achievement goals and academic performance among Chinese college students. The Achievement Goal Questionnaire was administered to a sample of Chinese college students (N = 311) in their first and third years of study. Their end-of-term grade point averages were used as measures of their academic performance. Two-wave longitudinal data were collected and analyzed using a longitudinal design within a structural equation modeling framework. The results revealed positive reciprocal relations between performance approach goals and academic performance and negative reciprocal relations between performance avoidance goals and academic performance. In contrast, mastery goals were not significantly associated with academic performance. The implications of these results are discussed.
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, Collectivism, College Environment, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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