Longitudinal Examination of Achievement Goal Stability and Change: Differences by Self-Efficacy, Achievement, and Interest

• In Event: International Perspectives of Achievement Goals

Abstract

Despite ongoing interest in achievement goal stability and change, attempts to track achievement goal pursuit over multiple years and transitions have been scarce. Moreover, research on individual differences in goal change is often limited to the role of competence perceptions. We addressed these gaps by examining longitudinal relations among achievement goals over five years including two educational transitions and by investigating the effects of self-efficacy, achievement, and interest on achievement goal change. Autoregressive cross-lagged analyses with two panel datasets in Korea, one spanning Grades 6-7-9 and the other spanning Grades 8-9-10, suggested relative malleability of achievement goals among younger students. Multigroup analyses further revealed the effects of achievement on goal stability and those of interest on mastery-approach goal pursuit.

Authors

• Yoonah Park, bMRI/Korea University

• Seohee Park, Korea University - Brain and Motivation Research Institute

• Bein Lim, Korea University

• Dajung Diane Shin, Kyungnam University

• Mimi Bong, Korea University