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Children's Goal Orientation according to the Goal Orientation and Parenting Behavior of their Parents

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박민혜,정윤경

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pp. 123~141 / 2012 Vol.19 No.1

Abstract

This study was designed to investigate children's goal orientation according to the goal orientation andparenting behavior of their parents. For these ends, 512 pairs of 10 to 11-years-olds and their parentswere surveyed using a questionnaire focusing on the goal orientation of both parents and child as wellas parenting behavior. The main results of the study are as follows. There was a correlation between thelearning goals of both parents and their children. That is, when parents' leaning goals were relatively high,children's learning goals were similarly higher and when parents' performance goals were higher, both theirchildren's learning and performance goals were also similarly higher. Second, parents with high learninggoals revealed themselves to be relatively autonomous and high achievers in their child-rearing behaviors,and parents with high performance goals exhibited more controlling and non-achieving child-rearingbehavior. Third, the children of parents who exhibited controlling parenting behaviors had similarly highlevels in terms of their performance goal and the children of parents exhibiting high achieving parentingbehaviors had high levels in terms of performance goal. Lastly, our path analysis confirmed that parents'learning goal is correlated with their children's learning goal and this is mediated by their achievingchild-rearing behavior. Our current study provides a basic body of data concerning what beliefs andattitudes parents should hold and exhibit when rearing children so that children may, in turn, developstronger motivations in regards to their own levels of achievement.

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