Journal article

Publication year: 2004

Pages: 93-99

Journal: German Journal of Educational Psychology

Volume number: 18

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 1010-0652

Open access status: Green

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1024/1010-0652.18.2.93

Publisher: Hogrefe

Abstract: 
Goal orientation and reference norm orientation are very profitable constructs in educational psychology. Both constructs differ clearly in terms of their theoretical origin as well as their exact contents. Nevertheless, both constructs are often being connected with each other argumentatively, although their relationship has not been tested empirically to date. In the present article we examine the assumption that people prefer those reference norms providing information about the goals they pursue. Specifically, a learning goal orientation should be associated with an individual reference norm orientation, whereas a performance coal orientation should be associated with a social reference norm orientation. In six studies data on these constructs were collected by questionnaires in different samples (university students, 11th-graders, 7th-/8th-graders, 4th-graders as well as parents). The results corroborate the hypotheses. Implications of the findings for the underlying theories are discussed.

Harvard Citation style: Schöne, C., Dickhäuser, O., Spinath, B. and Stiensmeier-Pelster, J. (2004) Goal orientation and reference-norm orientation:: Two related constructs?, German Journal of Educational Psychology, 18(2), pp. 93-99. https://doi.org/10.1024/1010-0652.18.2.93

APA Citation style: Schöne, C., Dickhäuser, O., Spinath, B., & Stiensmeier-Pelster, J. (2004). Goal orientation and reference-norm orientation:: Two related constructs?. German Journal of Educational Psychology. 18(2), 93-99. https://doi.org/10.1024/1010-0652.18.2.93