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Sex differences in achievement motivation
Author(s) -
VOLLMER FRED,
ALMÅS RIGMOR
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1974.tb00593.x
Subject(s) - psychology , norwegian , affect (linguistics) , need for achievement , test (biology) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , communication , biology
.— Norwegian undergraduate psychology students were given Heckhausen's TAT test of achievement motivation prior to or after final course examination. Women obtained higher mean score on Fear of Failure than men on both occasions. There was no sex difference in length of protocol, nor was this variable related to any of the motivation scores. Success in terms of examination results did not affect motivation scores, whereas failure led to higher score on Hope of Success for men but not for women.