Achievement Motivation: An Area-Specific Analysis

The investigator studied adolescents of different races, socioeconomic backgrounds, and sexes, and attempted to identify the components by which they arrive at their self-evaluations. The study attempted to assess specifically whether adolescents of varying backgrounds differ in their comparative levels of general and area-specific (i.e., school, home, and peer) achievement motivation. It also investigated the question of whether adolescents are capable of maintaining differing levels of achievement motivation across the different areas of experience, and whether the capacity to do so varied with the race, socioeconomic status, and sex of the subjects.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Castenell, Louis Anthony, Jr.

• Education, Educational Psychology

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8108461

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/65978