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Power Motivation and Youth: An Analysis of Troubled Students and Student Leaders
Author(s) -
Freeman Brenda
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1994.tb01699.x
Subject(s) - ninth , thematic apperception test , psychology , need for achievement , thematic analysis , power (physics) , linear discriminant analysis , social psychology , student achievement , academic achievement , cluster (spacecraft) , mathematics education , developmental psychology , mathematics , qualitative research , statistics , sociology , social science , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , acoustics , programming language
The n affiliation, n achievement, and n power of five clusters of ninth‐grade students and the differences between the motivational profiles of ninth‐grade troubled youth and recognized student leaders were investigated in this study. The participants were grouped through the use of a cluster analysis of variables related to at‐risk and leadership characteristics. The Picture Story Exercise (Burruss, 1980), a derivative of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), was used to measure n power, n achievement, n affiliation, and activity inhibition. A discriminant analysis of the groups indicated that n power discriminates between troubled students and recognized student leaders, whereas n achievement and n affiliation are not statistically significant in the analysis of the maximal differences between these two groups. Implications for counselors are discussed.