An Objective Measure of the Motive to Avoid Appearing Incompetent
- 1 June 1973
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 32 (3_suppl) , 1075-1078
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1973.32.3c.1075
Abstract
The development of a self-report measure of the motive to avoid appearing incompetent is discussed. The reliability coefficient (KR-20) obtained for the final form of the 36-item, true-false scale was .89 for a sample of 355 undergraduates.Keywords
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