A cross-cultural examination of the psychometric properties of responses to the Achievement Goal Questionnaire

Murayama, K., Zhou, M. and Nesbit, J. C. (2009) A cross-cultural examination of the psychometric properties of responses to the Achievement Goal Questionnaire. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 69 (2). pp. 266-286. ISSN 0013-1644 doi: 10.1177/0013164408322017

Abstract/Summary

The psychometric properties of scores from the Achievement Goal Questionnaire were examined in samples of Japanese (N = 326) and Canadian (N = 307) post secondary students. Previous research found evidence of a four-factor structure of achievement goals in U.S. samples. Using confirmatory factor-analytic techniques, the authors found strong evidence for the four-factor structure of achievement goals in both the Canadian and Japanese populations. Subsequent multi group structural equation modeling indicated the metric invariance of this four-factor structure across the two populations.