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Interamerican Journal of Psychology

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Abstract

VILLALOBOS, María Victoria Pérez et al. Scale of goals of study for university students. Interam. j. psychol. [online]. 2009, vol.43, n.3, pp. 449-455. ISSN 0034-9690.

At the present time we have great amount of works that show the implication of the goals of study in the motivation to study and to learn. In this paper the academic motivation and, specially, the variable “goals of study” is assess. The principal aim of the present research is know the Questionnaire to Measure Achievement Goal Tendency’s psicometric characteristics with 542 Chilean university students of different faculties. Results of the factor analysis and the internal consistency are acceptable in three subscales. In conclusion, these results support the use of the Questionnaire to Measure Achievement Goal Tendencies to assess the study motivation in university students in Chile (CL).

Keywords : Motivation; Goal; Student; College; Learn.

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