This study aims to examine the relationship between moral conscientiousness and goals of progress with source-mediated control. This research was a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population of the study consisted of undergraduate students of Shiraz University, from which 440 students (221 girls) and (219 boys) were selected through multistage cluster random sampling. They responded to task-oriented ethics questionnaires, locus of control, and goals of progress. To respond to the research hypotheses, path analysis was used in structural equation modeling. The results showed that although conscientious and trustworthy with all three achievement goals performance approach, mastery approach & mastery avoidance Have a positive and significant relationship; But with performance approach the relationship is greater. The results also showed that locus of control can mediate the relationship between moral conscientiousness and achievement goal. The results of this study contribute to the development of theoretical knowledge about the antecedent role of moral conscientiousness and locus of control in relation Achievement goal. Also, in practical terms, the implication of the research results is that by moral character, conscientious, and trustworthy (locus of control) can help develop appropriate development goals.
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