A study on the impact of academic self-efficacy and academic help-seeking behaviour on goal orientation of secondary school students

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of academic self-efficacy, academic help-seeking behaviour on goal orientation (mastery goal orientation and performance goal orientation). A random sample of 600 students from secondary schools of Faridabad district had been divided equally on the basis gender, locale and type of school. Descriptive survey method was used by adapting Goal Orientation questionnaire (Elliot and McGregor, 2001), Academic self-efficacy scale (Muris 2001) and Academic Help-seeking scale from Self-stigma of academic help seeking adapted by Winograd 2014. The findings of the study showed that academic self-efficacy and academic help-seeking behaviour had significant impact on mastery and performance goal orientations. The practical implications and future directions of the study are discussed.