A FACTOR ANALYTIC STUDY OF ACHIEVEMENT GOALS AND MEANS: AN INDIAN VIEW*
- 12 February 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 21 (1-4), 717-731
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207598608247617
Abstract
The present paper analyzes the meaning of achievement in the Indian socio‐cultural context. Based on earlier studies of the authors, measures of goals and means of achievement were administered on samples drawn from rural and urban settings in north India. The responses were subjected to principal component factor analysis with varimax rotation. The results indicated that achievement is a multidimensional cognition and its structure in the Indian context is different from the concept of achievement employed in the traditional theory of achievement motivation. They implicate that a comprehensive understanding of achievement strivings requires attention to culture‐specific aspects of achievement. Cette étude analyse le sens de l'accomplissement dans le contexte socio‐culturel indien. Basées sur de précédentes études des auteurs, des mesures de finalités et des sens d'accomplissement ont été administrées à des échantillons issus de milieux ruraux et urbains du nord de l'Inde. Les résultats ont montré que l'accomplissement est multidimensionnel et que sa structure dans le contexte indien est différente du concept d'accomplissement utilisé dans la théorie traditionnelle de motivation. Ils impliquent qu'une compréhension profonde des efforts d'accomplissement nécessite d'ětre attentif aux aspects de l'accomplissement liés à la culture.Keywords
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