Categorical goal hierarchies and classification of human motives

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19280802
AutoresFrank W Wicker (The University of Texas at Austin, autor de correspondencia), Frank B Lambert (The University of Texas at Austin), Frank C Richardson (0009-0006-8719-9404, The University of Texas at Austin), Joseph Kahler (The University of Texas at Austin)
Año1984
Volumen52
Número3
Páginas285-305
Fecha de publicación1984-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Personality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-6494.1984.tb00883.x
OpenAlexW2070105818
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas34
Referencias citadas9

To explore a structural approach to motivation based on hierarchies of goal inclusion, 231 subjects in two studies rated the valence of 46 or 56 general goals, and ratings were subjected to hierarchical cluster analysis and factor analysis. Factors over all subjects were labeled Interpersonal Concern, Competitive Ambition, Exploration‐play, Balanced Success, Economic Status , and Intellectual Orientation . Cluster analyses produced corresponding clusters, as well as Security, Personal Growth, Transpersonal Orientation , and Tranquility Seeking , arranged in hierarchies of class inclusion, culminating in a broad goal dichotomy described as Individual Striving vs. Harmony Seeking . The paper explicates a type of hierarchical interdependency among motives which supplements interdependencies implied by motivation theories, and suggests an alternative to the assumption of some fixed number of “basic” motives. It gives descriptive data on very broad motivation categories which influence self‐reports of goal importance and which relate to prior classifications of motivation, personality, and social behavior

Categorical variable · Interdependence · Interpersonal communication · Personality · Sociology · Cognitive and psychological constructs research · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology