Temperament, Personality and Achievement Goals among Chinese Adolescent Students

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Chen; Zhang, Li-Fang
Titel	Temperament, Personality and Achievement Goals among Chinese Adolescent Students
Quelle	In: Educational Psychology, 31 (2011) 3, S.339-359 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0144-3410
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Achievement Need; Student Motivation; Factor Analysis; Goal Orientation; Foreign Countries; Neurosis; Extraversion Introversion; Mastery Learning; Prediction; Academic Achievement; High School Students; Measures (Individuals); Correlation; Statistical Analysis; China; NEO Five Factor Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Schulische Motivation; Faktorenanalyse; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Ausland; Neurose; Vorhersage; Schulleistung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Messdaten; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Temperament and personality have been presumed to affect achievement goals based on the hierarchical model of achievement motivation. This research investigated the relationships of temperament dimensions and the Big Five personality traits to achievement goals based on the 2 x 2 achievement goal framework among 775 Chinese adolescent students. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the 2 x 2 framework could be generalised to the Chinese context. Six of the nine temperament dimensions (e.g. activity level--general, flexibility-rigidity, and task orientation) significantly predicted mastery-approach, mastery-avoidance, performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals. Neuroticism, extroversion and conscientiousness significantly predicted all the above-mentioned four achievement goals; openness and agreeableness significantly predicted the mastery-orientated and performance-oriented achievement goals, respectively. Compared with temperament, personality was the stronger predictor for achievement goals. These results supported the posited relationship of "hard-wiring" variables to achievement goals in the conceptual model of achievement motivation. (Contains 1 note and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10