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https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v19i0.2691

Gender Differences in Goal Orientation between High School Students in Physical Education Classeses

Jelena Alić ; Department of Teacher and Preschool Teacher Education, University of Zadar

Abstract

Within kinesiology activities, concerning Nicholls’s Achievement Goal Theory, we distinguish between “task” goal orientation/ involvement and “ego” goal orientation/ involvement, according to which students evaluated their own competence.
The main aim of this study was to determine if gender differences exist among high school students in task and ego orientation. The sample included 211 high school students, males and females, between 14 and 17 years of age (N=211, Nf =80, Nm=131). Individual differences in goal orientation of students have been assessed by the Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire – TEOSQ (Duda et al., 1995, adapted for a Croatian population sample by Barić in 2001).
The basic descriptive indicators were calculated, and the t-test was applied to test gender differences in goal orientation. The results showed that there were gender differences in ego orientation. Although males were more ego-oriented than girls (t=-3.9; p=0.00), the results showed that both male and female students were dominantly task-oriented. In conclusion, high school students have a desirable goal orientation that directs them to learn new skills, to achieve personal development and to complete all the given tasks.

Keywords

adolescents; ego orientation; gender; motivation; task orientation

Hrčak ID:

193791

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/193791

Publication date:

3.8.2017.

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