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ERIC Number: EJ513585
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0278-3193
Achievement Motivation in High Achieving Latina Women.
Thorne, Yvonne Martinez
Roeper Review, v18 n1 p44-49 Sep 1995
This study investigated achievement motivation based on a survey of 63 Latina women (43 doctoral graduates and 20 completers of doctoral coursework) and interviews with 10 of the women. Results indicated varying strengths in intrinsic achievement motives of mastery, work, competitiveness, and personal unconcern; low levels of sex-role traditionalism; and low-to-average levels of fear of success. (DB)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Attitudes, Doctoral Degrees, Fear of Success, Females, Gifted, High Achievement, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Motivation, Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Self Motivation, Sex Role
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Latinas
Note: Special issue: Adult Women's Talent Development.