Motivation and Class Mobility in England
Longitudinal Evidence of a Causal Relationship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13917153 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence W Littig (Howard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-86 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0301-2212 • E-ISSN: 1179-6391 |
| Publisher | Scientific Journal Publishers Limited (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2224/sbp.1990.18.1.81 |
| OpenAlex | W1979186388 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Relationships between motive to avoid failure and long-term occupational social class mobility were examined. Individuals low in motive to avoid failure, operationalized as test anxiety, were upwardly mobile in social class level of occupational attainment from 1966 to 1985; individuals high in motive to avoid failure were not. A cause-effect relationship was inferred; a strong avoidance motive inhibited upward occupational class mobility. The data suggest that individuals with high motive to avoid failure reach a ceiling occupational class level at a relatively early age whereas individuals with low motive to avoid failure continue longer to achieve further upward mobility. Implications of motive causality are discussed
Causality (physics · Class (philosophy · Developmental psychology · Longitudinal data · Longitudinal study · Operationalization · Social mobility · Sociology · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Demography · Psychological Testing and Assessment · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Motivating economic achievement
The achieving society.
Motivational determinants of risk-taking behavior.
Achievement motivation and intergenerational occupational mobility
Social Grading of Occupations
Achievement motive and test anxiety conceived as motive to approach success and motive to avoid failure
A study of anxiety and learning
The Achievement Motive and Differential Occupational Mobility in the United States
Fear of failure and unrealistic vocational aspiration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |