Title: Attitudinal and personality correlates of achievement motivation among high school students
Abstract: The results of two studies investigating the relative importance of a range of personality and attitudinal variables as predictors of achievement motivation are reported. Respondents were Australian adolescents attending State and independent high schools. In both studies, achievement motivation was found to be significantly related to scores on Eysenck's Lie scale. Partial correlations in Study 1 showed extraversion to be a significant correlate for both sexes, in addition to other attitudinal variables for females. Some of these findings were partially replicated in Study 2, while a significant negative correlation between impulsiveness and achievement motivation was also noted. These findings are briefly commented upon in the light of previous work on anti-social behaviour and arousal.
Publication Year: 1990
Publication Date: 1990-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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