title: Sex differences among five sources of motivation in the motivation sources inventory: preliminary findings.
abstract: Paper reports sex differences among five sources of motivation for a sample of 208 undergraduate students who completed the Motivation Sources Inventory. t tests yielded few statistically significant sex differences for the five sources of motivation; however, Instrumental Motivation was higher among men than women, while the remaining four motives showed no sex difference. Implications and research opportunities are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 68583-0709, USA. jbarbuto@unl.edu
authors.forename: John E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Barbuto
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Fritz
authors.forename: Brett A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Plummer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires