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. 2020 Aug 7;11:1484. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01484

TABLE 1.

Overview of the distinguished achievement goals, their sample items, and internal consistencies.

Goal content Valence Sample item ωH
Item stem: “In my current teaching activities…”
Mastery-based goals Task Approach “… I want to fulfill the different requirements very well.” 0.83
Avoidance “… I want to avoid fulfilling the different requirements poorly.” 0.88
Learning Approach “… I want to constantly improve my competences.” 0.89
Avoidance “… it is important to me to avoid having my competencies not develop further.” 0.84
Performance-based goals Appearance Approach “… I want to be perceived as competent.” 0.86
Avoidance “… I want to avoid being perceived as incompetent.” 0.94
Normative Approach “… I want to be better than my colleagues.” 0.94
Avoidance “… I want to avoid being worse than my colleagues.” 0.95
Further goals Work avoidance Avoidance “… I want to have as little to do as possible.” 0.91
Relational Approach “… it is important to me to achieve a personal connection with students.” 0.79

Reported are the distinguished achievement goals and their definitions based on the model of Daumiller et al. (2019b), as well as their internal consistencies (McDonald’s Omega values).