The Motive to Avoid Success in 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Grade High - Achieving Girls
- 1 February 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Educational Research
- Vol. 68 (6) , 216-218
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00220671.1975.10884751
Abstract
The hypothesis that a motive to avoid success (M-s) exists in high-achieving 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th grade girls was investigated. Eighty-five black and white Ss responded to verbal TAT-like stimuli. Scores, treated by chi square, supported the hypothesis that the M-s is prevalent in high-achieving girls and is positively correlated with increasing grade level. However, the M-s was not found to be correlated with race.Keywords
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