Academic goal profilesa comparison of blind and sighted students
- Holgado Tello, Francisco Pablo 1
- Navas, Leandro 2
- Jover Mira, Irene 2
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Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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Universitat d'Alacant
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ISSN: 1138-7416
Year of publication: 2012
Volume: 15
Issue: 3
Pages: 1043-1054
Type: Article
More publications in: The Spanish Journal of Psychology
Abstract
Based on academic goal theory, we compared the goals of visually impaired and sighted students. Participants included 171 students affiliated with ONCE (the National Spanish Organization for the Blind) and 163 sighted students, ranging from 8 to 27 years of age, who responded to the Spanish adaptation (González, Torregrosa, & Navas, 2002) of the goals questionnaire created by Hayamizu, Ito, and Yohiazaki (1989) and Hayamizu and Weiner (1991). Factor analysis indicated that goals varied among these students and that new ones arose in this study; furthermore, the model remained invariable regardless of students' status (visually impaired versus sighted). Cluster analysis revealed three distinct profiles in terms of academic goals, while discriminant function analysis suggested these profiles vary as a function of students' status (visually impaired versus sighted). It seems that visually impaired students hold more learning-oriented academic goals.
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