Assessment of Goal Orientations from the “Person-Situation Interaction” Perspective

Abstract

The objective of this study is twofold: to analyze the role of different task situations in the activation of goals and goal orientations and, to make it possible to achieve such an objective to support theoretically, develop, and previously validate the Situated Goals Questionnaire for secondary and high school students (SGQ-SHS). A total of 1,010 Secondary and High School Students from Madrid (Spain) participated in the study. Data analysis using confirmatory techniques, as well as ANOVA and regression techniques, showed the effect of the type of task on the degree to which students declare to pursue different goals – as suggested by the person-situation interaction model –, the relationship between goals, expectancies, and self-regulation styles, as well as the validity of the measures developed for predicting achievement (self-estimated mean grade).

Keywords

• motivation
• goals
• goal orientation
• person-situation interaction
• multi-trait analysis