Effects of parental goals on behavioral and emotional engagement in learning and academic performance of high school students as mediated by the students' personal achievement goals
Abstract:
To validate the causal models depicting the effects of parental goals on behavioral and emotional engagement in learning and academic performance of high school students as mediated by the students personal achievement goals. Data were collected from 600 participants who were high school students in Bangkok, using a set of questionnaires with reliability ranging from .71-.89. Results from statistical analysis using LISREL 8.72 software indicated that each of the three models was a good fit to the empirical data. Parental and personal goals which are the independent variables in the models accounted for 29% of the variance of the students behavioral engagement (Chi-square = 2.65, df = 2, p = .265, GFI = 0.998, AGFI = 0.984), 11% of the variance of the students emotional engagement (Chi-square = 2.65, df = 2, p = .265, GFI = 0.998, AGFI = 0.984), and 22% of the variance of the students academic performance (Chi-square = 2.82, df = 2, p = .244, GFI = 0.998, AGFI = 0.983). The findings indicated that different parental goals, mediated by the students personal goals, have different direct and indirect effects on the students behavioral and emotional engagement in learning and academic performance. Overall, the mastery goal has most positive effects on the learning outcomes in comparison with the performance and performance-avoidance goals.