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Peer reviewedCunningham, Claude H.; And Others – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1975
Attempts to establish the corresponding dimensions of needs measured by the Work Motivation Inventory and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule. Three significant relationships were found between the two components. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWotruba, Thomas R.; Price, Karl F. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Two new paper-and-pencil tests of achievement motivation were compared to two older measures, McClelland's Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Need Achievement and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule achievement scale. The results lend support to past findings; namely, that the various achievement measures would appear to be measuring dissimilar…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Business, Comparative Analysis
Download full textFalbo, Toni; Richman, Charles L. – 1977
Several hypotheses regarding the determinants of need achievement were examined. In addition to predicting sex differences, the study predicted that father's age would be inversely related to need achievement. In addition, the effects of family size and birth order on achievement motivation were compared. Subjects were 1,092 undergraduates (785…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Birth Order, Family Attitudes
Peer reviewedWen, Shih-Sung; McCoy, Rose E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1975
Results indicated that manifest needs measures correlated significantly with grade point average (GPA) for males only; personal problem measures correlated with GPA for males and females; a manifest anxiety measure correlated significantly for males only; and scholastic aptitudes correlated significantly with GPA for males and females. (BJG)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement Need, Anxiety, Black Students
