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Implicit and Self‐Attributed Achievement Motives: Concordance and Predictive Validity
Author(s) -
Thrash Todd M.,
Elliot Andrew J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/1467-6494.05022
Subject(s) - psychology , concordance , moderation , discriminant validity , social psychology , structural equation modeling , implicit personality theory , need for achievement , self , developmental psychology , psychometrics , personality , statistics , internal consistency , mathematics , medicine
As a complement to the literature on the discriminant validity of implicit and self‐attributed motives, this study explored two issues that point to convergences: moderation of concordance between implicit and self‐attributed achievement motives, and the role of the two types of motive as antecedents of achievement goals. Significant positive correlations were found between implicit and self‐attributed need for achievement and between implicit and self‐attributed fear of failure. Individuals higher in self‐determination were more concordant in implicit and self‐attributed need for achievement. Implicit and self‐attributed achievement motives predicted achievement goals in a similar manner, and structural equation modeling yielded good fit for a conceptually parsimonious latent motive model. It is suggested that implicit and self‐attributed motives converge in some respects (yet diverge in others), and implications for theory are discussed.