The Relationships among Perceived Parents’ Autonomy Support, Life Goal, and Achievement Goal in Pre-Service Kindergarten Teachers
AUTHOR : 김영희,문은식,박경빈
INFORMATION : page. 113~127 / 2017 Vol.24 No.2
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among perceived parents’ autonomy support,
life goal, and achievement goal in pre-service kindergarten teachers. The tests of parents’ autonomy
support, life goal, and achievement goal scale were administered to 233 undergraduate female students
who majored in early childhood education at two universities in S city and C city in Korea. Data analysis
was conducted via correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results of the study were as follows.
First, there was a significant correlation between parents’ autonomy support and life goal in pre-service
preschool teachers. Second, there was a significant correlation between parents’ autonomy support and
achievement goal in pre-service preschool teachers. Third, there was a significant correlation between
preschool teachers’ intrinsic life goal and their mastery and performance-approach goal. Also, there was a
significant correlation between extrinsic life goal and performance-approach and performance-avoid goal in
pre-service preschool teachers. Finally, pre-service preschool teachers’ mastery goal could be influenced
significantly by only their intrinsic goal. Their performance-approach goal could be explained significantly
by their intrinsic and extrinsic goals. These findings suggest that pre-service kindergarten teachers’ life goal
should be considered and supported as a source of achievement goal orientation.