The Validation of the Student Homework Goal Orientation Scale

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Abstract

This study evaluated the validity of the Student Homework Goal Orientation Scale (SHGOS) using a sample of 597 students from Grades 7 and 9. Confirmatory analyses supported a five-factor model – mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach, performance-avoidance, and work-avoidance. Reliability estimates for the subscales ranged from very good to excellent. In addition, latent mean invariance was found across both gender and grade level. As theoretically anticipated, mastery-approach was linked to lower procrastination and greater homework interest, completion, emotion regulation, and mathematics achievement, while performance showed weaker associations. The avoidance subscales – particularly work-avoidance – were generally tied to maladaptive outcomes. Collectively, these results provide compelling evidence the SHGOS is a psychometrically robust measure of students’ homework goal orientations.

Authors

• Jianzhong Xu, Mississippi State University

• Ruiping Yuan, Mississippi State University

• Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

• Daina Zhu, Mississippi State University