Achievement Motive: Analyzing the Validity of the WOFO
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Vol. 9 (3) , 357-369
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1985.tb00886.x
Abstract
Spence and Helmreich developed the Work and Family Orientation (WOFO) Questionnaire as a multidimensional measure of achievement motivation and attitudes toward family and career because they believed that a unitary construct of achievement motivation was not sufficient to account for broad patterns of behavior in varied situations. This article reviews the evidence for the construct validity of the WOFO questionnaire based on data from a large group (N = 3,727) of men and women with high educational and career aspirations. Evidence presented includes factor analysis of the WOFO subscale dimensions, subscale reliabilities, and an analysis of the effect of gender and masculinity-femininity on achievement motives. The research confirms new insights regarding the relationship between achievement motives and sex roles for women and men.Keywords
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