Factorial invariance and latent mean differences of scores on the achievement goal tendencies questionnaire across gender and age in a sample of Spanish students

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-143

  Ingles, Candido J ^a   Marzo, Juan C ^a   Castejon, Juan L ^b   Nuñez, Jose Carlos ^c   Valle, Antonio ^d   Garcia Fernandez, Jose M ^b   Delgado, Beatriz ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Academic goals; Factorial invariance; Measurement invariance; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650516787     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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