Relations between life-goal regulation, goal orientation, and education-related parenting - A person-centered perspective

Publication date: December 2019Source: Learning and Individual Differences, Volume 76Author(s): Sarah Becker, Maximilian Pfost, Irene M. Schiefer, Cordula ArteltAbstractResearch on goals and goal regulation often takes place in specific contexts (career goals, educational goals, or life goals). The purpose of this study was to examine relations between different types of goal regulation in specific contexts and their prediction from education-related parenting. Therefore, we analyzed data from 663 18-year-old high-school graduates, trainees, and their parents participating in the BiKS German longitudinal school study. We specified three latent classes of life-goal regulation (by using four regulation categories: extrinsic, introjected, identified, and intrinsic regulation) with a latent class analysis and examined their correlations with types of goal orientation. Especially for the latent classes with high extrinsic or high introjected regulation, we found relations with more extrinsic types of goal orientation (performance-approach goal orientation). In addition, education-related parenting behavior during secondary school predicted the different latent classes of life-goal regulation. The results are discussed in the context of self-determination theory.
Source: Learning and Individual Differences - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research