Measures of motivation.
Tested four new scales and replicated earlier findings of the Orientation and Motivation Inventory with 159 boys and 166 girls in four grades of a high school. Each of the 12 scales was subdivided for analyses into two halves. The intercorrelations among the 24 scale halves were analyzed by the method of principal components to identify 11 factors for boys and 10 for girls. Ten of the twelve postulated dimensions were confirmed in the varimax solution for each sex. A factor analysis of the correlations among the 12 scale scores disclosed five similar second order dimensions for boys and for girls. These were hypothesized to reflect Status Seeking, Belief in own Potency, Seeking and Helping People, Theoretical Interests. and Risk-Taking preference.
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Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA.
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