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Peer reviewedHenschen, K. P.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Differences in achievement motivation and sex-role orientation between female athletes and nonathletes were assessed using Mehrabian's Scale of Achieving Tendency and the Bem Sex-Role Inventory. Athletes exhibited higher achievement motivation. Also, high achievement motivation was related to androgynous and masculine sex roles. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Athletes, High Schools, Individual Differences
