Research article summary (published 29 Sep 2007):

The effectiveness of sentence cues in measuring the Big Three motives.

Full Abstract

Despite the popularity of free response measures in the motivation literature, research geared toward the development of a standard battery of cues for measuring the Big Three motives (achievement, affiliation, power) has been lacking. The current research examined the effectiveness of sentence cues in eliciting motive imagery in two studies (students, entrepreneurs) comprising 242 men and women. Results indicated that sentence cues were effective in eliciting achievement and affiliation imagery, but not power imagery. In addition, an examination of the subcategories underlying each motive scoring system indicated that there were several infrequently scored subcategories in the achievement and power motive scoring systems that could be considered for removal.

Author information

Author/s: Langan-Fox, Janice (J); Grant, Sharon (S);

Affiliation: Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. jalanganfox(-atsign-)swin.edu.au

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Evaluation Studies; Journal Article

Journal: Journal of personality assessment (J Pers Assess), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Oct; vol 89 (issue 2) : pp 105-15

Dates: Created 2007/09/03; Completed 2008/01/15;

PMID: 17764388, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Achievement Adult Cues Female Humans Interpersonal Relations Male Middle Aged Motivation

Motivation Personality Assessment - statistics & numerical data Power (Psychology) Psychometrics Reproducibility of Results Social Identification Thematic Apperception Test - statistics & numerical data Victoria Vocabulary

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