Abstract:

The present research is designed to explore the reliability and validity of the 3 x 2 model of achievement goals in School of Sport Sciences and Technology undergraduate students. Three hundred and three Turkish undergraduate students (170 males, 133 females; Xage = 21.51 ± 2.27) served as participants. They completed 3 x 2 achievement goal model scale, developed by Elliot et al. (2011), immediately before their final exams. The scale consists of 18 items and each item was rated on a 7-point scale. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was employed to examine and construct the validity of 3 x 2 model of achievement goals. The results showed that the 3 x 2 model of achievement goals represents an adequate fit to the data (χ2/df =2.60, CFI = 0.95, GFI = 0.91, NNFI = 0.94, and RMSEA = 0.07). Cronbach’s alpha coefficients for whole scale, the task-approach, self-approach, otherapproach, task-avoidance, self-avoidance, other-avoidance goals were 0.94, 0.87, 0.78, 0.86, 0.80, 0.78, and 0.91 respectively, indicating acceptable internal consistency. Results from the present study indicate that only the 3 x 2 model of achievement goals provides a reliable and valid measure of achievement goals for Turkish undergraduate students.

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