Configural, metric, and scalar invariance of the modified achievement goal questionnaire across African American and white university students

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 988-1007

  Campbell, Hilary L ^a,b   Barry, Carol L ^a   Joe, Jilliam N ^a   Finney, Sara J ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement goal orientation; CFA; Construct validity; Ethnic differences; Measurement invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749171117     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164408315269     Document Type: Article

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