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- General achievement goals orientation scale: factorial analysis in high school studentsPublication . Gomes, Andreia; Azevedo, Ângela Sá; Dias, Paulo César; Guimarães, Teresa; Lima, Isabel; Salgado, Ana; Salgado, Ana IsabelThis paper aims to present the results of the Portuguese adaptation of General Achievement Goal Orientation Scale (GAGOS; McInerney & Yeung, 2000). This instrument has five different motivation scales: Motivation Value, Global Motivation, General Mastery, General Performance and General Social. The work of adaptation consisted in a exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency analysis from the data of two samples of 617 and 418 High School students. The results suggest a solution with good psychometric properties, in terms of validity as acceptable fidelity, with differences per gender and relationship with age and education level. The results discussed and suggestions presented.