ERIC Number: EJ807878
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Aug
Pages: 14
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The Relationships among Students' Future-Oriented Goals and Subgoals, Perceived Task Instrumentality, and Task-Oriented Self-Regulation Strategies in an Academic Environment
Tabachnick, Sharon E.; Miller, Raymond B.; Relyea, George E.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v100 n3 p629-642 Aug 2008
The authors performed path analysis, followed by a bootstrap procedure, to test the predictions of a model explaining the relationships among students' distal future goals (both extrinsic and intrinsic), their adoption of a middle-range subgoal, their perceptions of task instrumentality, and their proximal task-oriented self-regulation strategies. The model was based on R. B. Miller and S. J. Brickman's (2004) conceptualization of future-oriented motivation and self-regulation, which draws primarily from social-cognitive and self-determination theories. Participants were 421 college students who completed a questionnaire that included scales measuring the 5 variables of interest. Data supported the model, suggesting that students' distal future goals (intrinsic future goals in particular) may be related to their middle-range college graduation subgoal, to their perceptions of task instrumentality, and to their adoption of proximal task-oriented self-regulation strategies. (Contains 3 figures, 7 footnotes, and 5 tables.)
Descriptors: Graduation, Student Motivation, Path Analysis, Educational Environment, Social Cognition, Self Determination, Incentives, Motivation, Individual Development, Educational Strategies, Outcomes of Education, College Students, Goodness of Fit, Higher Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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