An investigation of the relationship between high school students' classroom life perception, achievement goals and creative personality traits

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between tenth grade high school students' classroom life perception, achievement goals and creative personality traits. The sample of the research consists of 461 students studying at high schools in Çankırı city center in the 2021-2022 academic year. "Personal Information Form", "Classroom Life Perception Scale", "Achievement Goals Scale" and "Creative Personality Traits Scale" were used as data collection tools in the research. The model proposed in the study was tested by path analysis. SPSS 26 and AMOS 22 programs were used for statistical analysis. As a result of the research, a positive and significant relationship was found between students' classroom life perception and their creative personality traits. In addition, it was found that classroom life perception had a positive and significant relationship with learning-approach, performance-approach, learning-avoidance and performance-avoidance achievement goals. However, there was a negative and significant relationship between performance-approach goal and creative personality traits. Finally, it was found that performance-approach goal had a partial mediating role in the relationship between classroom life perception and creative personality traits.