TY - JOUR
T1 - Motivational profiles: A study of former political radicals and politically moderate adults
AU - McAdams, D.P.
AU - Rothman, S.
AU - Lichter, S.R.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - The Thematic Apperception Test (TA T) was administered to a group of adults previously active in the political "New Left" of the 1960s and a group of more politically "moderate" adults involved in various community affairs. The TA T stories were scored for four social motives: power, intimacy, affiliation, and achievement. For both sexes, adult radicals scored significantly lower on intimacy motivation than did moderates. Further, radical males scored significantly lower on achievement and significantly higher on power than did moderate males.
AB - The Thematic Apperception Test (TA T) was administered to a group of adults previously active in the political "New Left" of the 1960s and a group of more politically "moderate" adults involved in various community affairs. The TA T stories were scored for four social motives: power, intimacy, affiliation, and achievement. For both sexes, adult radicals scored significantly lower on intimacy motivation than did moderates. Further, radical males scored significantly lower on achievement and significantly higher on power than did moderate males.
U2 - 10.1177/0146167282084002
DO - 10.1177/0146167282084002
M3 - Article
VL - 8
SP - 593
EP - 603
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
SN - 0146-1672
ER -