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Table 2 Descriptive results of the Academic Goals Orientation Questionnaire by sex and grade

From: Validation of the Chinese version of academic goals orientation questionnaire in nursing student: a study based on SEM and IRT multidimensional models

Dimensions and items

Sex

Grade

P

Male

Female

P

Freshman

Sophomore

Junior

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

sd

mean

sd

F1

2.60

1.08

2.57

0.95

0.031

2.83

1.05

2.50

0.96

2.68

0.92

0.010

 Item4

2.59

1.14

2.67

1.07

0.393

2.93

1.20

2.58

1.07

2.76

1.03

0.020

 Item7

2.55

1.16

2.69

1.09

0.158

2.88

1.11

2.59

1.10

2.82

1.07

0.020

 Item11

2.63

1.19

2.51

1.08

0.071

2.79

1.10

2.45

1.09

2.61

1.08

0.030

 Item 14

2.64

1.25

2.42

1.03

0.001

2.71

1.19

2.38

1.05

2.54

1.02

0.030

F2

3.00

0.92

3.08

0.82

0.716

3.07

0.84

3.10

0.84

2.98

0.80

0.291

 Item 2

3.03

1.20

3.15

0.97

0.013

3.16

0.99

3.17

1.03

3.03

0.96

0.292

 Item 6

2.98

1.18

3.16

0.98

0.118

3.16

1.03

3.19

1.00

2.98

1.02

0.079

 Item 10

3.08

1.11

3.02

1.02

0.388

3.07

1.04

3.04

1.03

2.99

1.01

0.845

 Item 13

2.90

1.12

2.99

1.00

0.165

2.87

0.98

3.02

1.03

2.93

0.99

0.411

F3

2.97

0.96

2.82

0.78

0.091

2.97

0.90

2.78

0.80

2.94

0.77

0.047

 Item 3

3.08

1.25

2.87

1.10

0.127

3.07

1.14

2.85

1.13

2.95

1.10

0.247

 Item 8

2.94

1.14

2.85

1.06

0.953

2.96

1.01

2.80

1.10

3.00

1.00

0.097

 Item 12

2.94

1.22

2.78

1.01

0.029

2.94

1.16

2.74

1.02

2.90

1.04

0.131

 Item 15

2.92

1.22

2.79

1.02

0.120

2.90

1.12

2.75

1.04

2.91

1.04

0.200

F4

3.59

1.05

3.72

0.84

0.003

3.49

0.92

3.75

0.84

3.68

0.90

0.062

 Item 1

3.60

1.10

3.74

0.93

0.012

3.57

0.98

3.75

0.92

3.70

1.01

0.330

 Item 5

3.60

1.16

3.71

0.93

0.001

3.40

1.02

3.75

0.93

3.70

1.01

0.021

 Item 9

3.60

1.19

3.76

0.91

0.000

3.49

1.06

3.77

0.91

3.76

1.00

0.069

 Item 16

3.55

1.16

3.68

0.97

0.011

3.49

1.04

3.73

0.99

3.58

0.98

0.087

  1. F1(Self- frustration goal, items 4, 7, 11, 14), F2(Ego self- enhancement goal, items 2, 6, 10, 13), F3(Work avoidance goal, items 3, 8, 12, 15), and F4(Learning or task goals, items 1, 5, 9, 16)