Goal Orientations Predict Academic Performance beyond Intelligence and Personality

Autor/inn/en	Steinmayr, Ricarda; Bipp, Tanja; Spinath, Birgit
Titel	Goal Orientations Predict Academic Performance beyond Intelligence and Personality
Quelle	In: Learning and Individual Differences, 21 (2011) 2, S.196-200 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-6080
DOI	10.1016/j.lindif.2010.11.026
Schlagwörter	Intelligence; Grade Point Average; Academic Achievement; Goal Orientation; Personality Traits; Grade 11; Grade 12; Predictor Variables; Regression (Statistics); Correlation; High School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligenz; Klugheit; Schulleistung; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Prädiktor; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Korrelation; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	Goal orientations are thought to be an important predictor of scholastic achievement. The present paper investigated the joint influence of goal orientations, intelligence, and personality on school performance in a sample of N=520 11th and 12th graders (303 female; mean age M=16.94 years). Intelligence, the Big Five factors of personality (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness) as well as goal orientations (learning, performance-approach, -avoidance, and work-avoidance goals) were assessed. When school performance was regressed on all variables simultaneously, intelligence, Openness to Experience, Conscientious, and learning goals predicted school performance. Learning goals additionally partially mediated the association of Openness to Experience and Conscientious, respectively, with GPA. Results are discussed with regard to the importance of goal orientations in academic settings. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10