Sex Differences in Achievement and Affiliation Motivation among Undergraduates Majoring in Different Academic Fields

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The NachNaff scale, a 30-item questionnaire that requires subjects to choose between self-descriptions consistent with either need for achievement (n Ach) or need for affiliation (n Aff) was administered to 165 male and 274 female university undergraduates. Male marketing majors scored higher in n Ach (and lower in n Aff) than subjects in other majors. Female education and nursing majors scored lower in n Ach (and higher in n Aff) than other subjects. Males scored generally higher in n Ach if they were business majors, but lower if they were psychology majors, whereas females scored higher in n Ach if they were psychology majors, but lower if they were business majors.

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