Sex differences in achievement motivation
- 1 September 1974
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 15 (1) , 310-313
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.1974.tb00593.x
Abstract
Abstract.— 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.Keywords
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