Examining dual meanings of items in 2 × 2 achievement goal questionnaires through MTMM modeling and MDS approach

TY - JOUR

T1 - Examining dual meanings of items in 2 × 2 achievement goal questionnaires through MTMM modeling and MDS approach

AU - Wu, Chia Huei

AU - Chen, Lung Hung

PY - 2010/4

Y1 - 2010/4

N2 - In 2001, Elliot and McGregor proposed a 2 × 2 (mastery-performance × approach- avoidance) achievement goal frameworks and developed a questionnaire to measure four goals (mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals).This study examines the dual meanings of items in 2 × 2 achievement goal questionnaires by confirmatory factor analysis with an uncorrelated-trait and uncorrelated-method model and multidimensional scaling technique. A total of 2,111 freshmen completed the Achievement Goal Questionnaire for General Academics, and a total of 1,014 university students in Taiwan provided their ratings on the Chinese Achievement Goal Questionnaire for Physical Education. Confirmatory factor analysis results show that the uncorrelated-trait and uncorrelated-method model is better than the 2 × 2 four-factor model, supporting the dual meanings of items. In addition, multidimensional scaling results show that items can be plotted on a two-dimensional (mastery-performance and approach-avoidance) map, in which four quadrants represent one type of goal. The evidence indicates that the items in the Chinese Achievement Goal Questionnaire for Physical Education have adequate construct validity in their dual meanings derived from the combinations of mastery- performance and approach-avoidance dimensions.

AB - In 2001, Elliot and McGregor proposed a 2 × 2 (mastery-performance × approach- avoidance) achievement goal frameworks and developed a questionnaire to measure four goals (mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance goals).This study examines the dual meanings of items in 2 × 2 achievement goal questionnaires by confirmatory factor analysis with an uncorrelated-trait and uncorrelated-method model and multidimensional scaling technique. A total of 2,111 freshmen completed the Achievement Goal Questionnaire for General Academics, and a total of 1,014 university students in Taiwan provided their ratings on the Chinese Achievement Goal Questionnaire for Physical Education. Confirmatory factor analysis results show that the uncorrelated-trait and uncorrelated-method model is better than the 2 × 2 four-factor model, supporting the dual meanings of items. In addition, multidimensional scaling results show that items can be plotted on a two-dimensional (mastery-performance and approach-avoidance) map, in which four quadrants represent one type of goal. The evidence indicates that the items in the Chinese Achievement Goal Questionnaire for Physical Education have adequate construct validity in their dual meanings derived from the combinations of mastery- performance and approach-avoidance dimensions.

KW - Achievement

KW - Goal

KW - Multidimensional scaling

KW - Multitrait and multimethod matrix

KW - Physical education

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77949620177&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/0013164409344501

DO - 10.1177/0013164409344501

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:77949620177

SN - 0013-1644

VL - 70

SP - 305

EP - 322

JO - EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT

JF - EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT

IS - 2

ER -