Kilmen, Sevilay2023-11-152023-11-152022Kilmen, S. (2022). Prospective teachers' professional achievement goal orientations, their self-efficacy beliefs, and perfectionism: A mediation analysis. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 74, 101165.0191-491Xhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2022.101165https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/11837The present study aims to investigate associations between prospective teachers' professional achievement goal orientations, self-efficacy beliefs, and perfectionistic characteristics. The results revealed that different aspects of perfectionism, and professional self-efficacy belief predicted prospective teachers' different professional goal orientations. Socially prescribed perfectionism positively and significantly predicted prospective teachers' professional self-efficacy beliefs. While doubt about actions positively predicted work-avoidance goal orientation, concern over mistakes positively predicted prospective teachers' performance-avoidance goal orientation. Self-oriented perfectionism, self-worth contingencies, entitlement, and PTs' selfefficacy beliefs positively predicted their performance-approach goal orientation. Prospective teachers' professional self-efficacy beliefs fully mediated the relationship between doubt about actions and learning goal orientation and the relationship between socially prescribed perfectionism and performance-approach goal orientation.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessPerfectionismProspective TeachersTeacher Achievement Goal OrientationsBig 3 PerfectionismJob-SatisfactionFit IndexesArticle10.1016/j.stueduc.2022.101165741102-s2.0-85129566519Q1WOS:000861047600004Q2