Achievement Goal Questionnaire - Revised.
AGQ-R
- What it measures
- Achievement goal orientations in the 2x2 framework: Mastery-Approach, Mastery-Avoidance, Performance-Approach, and Performance-Avoidance goals (competence defined by task/self vs others, valenced approach vs avoidance).
- Length and format
- 12 (3 items per goal). Likert agreement (commonly 5-pt or 7-pt; disagree -> agree completely) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many incl. Spanish/Argentinean (A-AGQ-R), and numerous educational-context translations worldwide
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Elliot, A.J., & Murayama, K. (2008). On the measurement of achievement goals. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100(3), 613-628. https://motivationsciencelab.com/
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