Achievement and Affiliation Needs of Young Adult and Middle-Aged Women

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This study compared the achievement and affiliation needs of women during the early and middle adult years. The results indicate that women in their forties and fifties express greater achievement motivation than women in their twenties with mature homemakers' achievement needs characterized by conformity and cooperation while mature students express greater independence and self-reliance in their achievement strivings. In addition, the mid-life students achieved significantly higher grade point averages than did the younger students. Affiliation needs were also significantly greater for mature women who remain in the traditional homemaker role in comparison to younger women.

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