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Development and Validation of the Contextual Achievement Motivation Scale
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Smith, Robert L.; Karaman, Mehmet A. – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2019
This study investigated the factorial validity of the Contextual Achievement Motivation Scale, assessing achievement motivation in multiple settings with a sample of 493 undergraduate and graduate students. Exploratory factor analysis identified a four-factor model: School (6 items), Employment/Work (6 items), Family (5 items), Community (4…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Test Validity
Controlling for Economy of Expression in Creativity Research.
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Wakefield, John F. – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1983
Examined whether lengthy responses to the blank card reflect a contaminating factor such as glibness in creativity research. Two groups of college students completed the Remote Associates Test, Thematic Apperception Test, or Hand Test. Results suggested that blank cards among ambiguous stimuli evoke not glibness but economy of expression. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Creativity Research, Higher Education, Response Style (Tests)
Language and Adjustment Scale for the Thematic Apperception Test for Youths 12-17 Years. Data Evaluation and Methods Research, Series 2, No. 62.
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Texas Christian Univ., Fort Worth. Inst. of Behavioral Research. – 1974
The report summarizes research on the development and standardization of objectively scored language and adjustment scales for five cards of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) used in the Health Examination Survey of a subsample of 1,398 youths 12-to 17-years-old. Described is the development of cognitive and personality measures derived from…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Language Acquisition, Research Projects
Development of a Thematic Apperception Test (TEMAS) for Urban Hispanic Children.
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Malgady, Robert G. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Administered the TEMAS (Tell Me a Story) test to 73 public school and 210 clinical Puerto Rican children. Story content was scored for nine personality functions and descriptive indexes. Results indicated internal consistency and interrater reliability. TEMAS indexes significantly discriminated between school and clinical samples. (BH)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Hispanic Americans, Personality Assessment
Ver al Fluency of Hispanic, Black and White Children on TAT and TEMAS, A New Thematic Apperception Test.
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Costantino, Giuseppe; Malgady, Robert G. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1983
Compares verbal fluency of 156 K-6 urban children (72 Hispanic, 41 Black, 43 White) using the Thematic Apperception Test and two versions of TEMAS, a new thematic apperception test using minority or nonminority characters, cultural themes, and urban backgrounds. Finds females more verbally fluent and Hispanics/Blacks more fluent on TEMAS. (MH)
Descriptors: Black Students, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Hispanic Americans
Cross-Cultural Validation of TEMAS, a Minority Projective Test.
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Costantino, Giuseppe; And Others – 1985
The theoretical framework and cross-cultural validation of Tell-Me-A-Story (TEMAS), a projective test developed to measure personality development in ethnic minority children, is presented. The TEMAS test consists of 23 chromatic pictures which incorporate the following characteristics: (1) representation of antithetical concepts which the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Education, Hispanic Americans