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Factorial Analysis of Achievement-Related Motives Measured by Reviesed
ARMS
H. Yamauchi |
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purpose of this investigation was to find out the factorial structure
among achievement-related motives (motive to approach success, motive
to avoid failure, and motive to avoid success) measured by revised-ARMS.
The ARMS has eight subscales of five items, respectively. Subjects
of four samples were asked to respond along a four-point Likert-type
continuum ranging from "not at all" to "always." Sex
differences in mean scores on the scales which measured a hope of
success and a denying attitude for attaining success were significant.
Four factors were extracted by the principal-factor analysis from
the correlation matrix; the factors were then rotated by normalized
varimax criterion. The results provided an opportunity to replicate
previous factorial structure.
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