Prediction of Persistence and Performance With the Hermans Prestatic Motivation Test
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20283149 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Ogden Hamilton (Indiana University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 915-920 |
| Publication date | 1975-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational and Psychological Measurement (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-1644 • E-ISSN: 1552-3888 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/001316447503500419 |
| OpenAlex | W2170240955 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 5 |
Hermans' Prestatic Motivation Test, a questionnaire measure of achievement motivation, is easier to administer and to score than are its projective counterparts, the Thematic Apperception Test and the French Test of Insight; and it need not be administered under controlled conditions. In two independent studies of its predictive validity, Hermans' measure was found to be positively related to persistence and to performance in academic examinations, both when the measure was used alone and when it was combined with the Mandler-Sarason Test Anxiety Questionnaire as a measure of resultant motivation. Moreover, although the French Test of Insight was found to be related to persistence as in earlier research, it was not related to Hermans' measure. It is concluded that Hermans' questionnaire taps a psychological characteristic that is manifest in achievement directed behavior, but that this characteristic is something other than the achievement motive of McClelland and his colleagues
Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Measure (data warehouse) · Need for achievement · Persistence (discontinuity) · Projective test · Psychoanalysis · Psychometrics · Test (biology) · Test anxiety · Test validity · Thematic apperception test · Computer Science · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing · Social Psychology
Competence, achievement orientation, and intrinsic motivation
Predicting Achievement and the Theory of Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence
Sex Differences in Self-Reported Achievement Motivation
Influence of Respondent Sets on Two Objective Measures of Achievement Motivation
Convergent Validities of the Resultant Achievement Motivation Test and the Presatie Motivatie Test With AC and AI Scales of the CPI
Testing Behavioral Consistency and Coherence with the Situation-Response Measure of Achievement Motivation
Managers’ Motivation Profiles
Values as determinants of motivation
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1977 - 2018 (42) |
| Highly cited | No |