title: Academic goal profiles: a comparison of blind and sighted students.
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.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, C/Juan del Rosal, 10. 28040 - Madrid, Spain. pfholgado@psi.uned.es
authors.forename: Francisco Pablo
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: HolgadoTello
authors.forename: Leandro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Navas Martínez
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jover Mira
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019987:Persons with Visual Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult