Parental Personality Factors and Achievement Motivation in Talented Adolescents.

Viernstein, Mary Cowan; Hogan, Robert

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Parental Personality Factors and Achievement Motivation in Talented Adolescents

Viernstein, Mary Cowan; Hogan, Robert

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 4, 2, 183-90, Jun 75

Results suggest that important components in career level aspiration are related to the total personality styles of both parents and adolescents and further, that achievement motivation is more a function of the models children are exposed to than the training they receive. (Author/BJG)

Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adolescents, Career Choice, Gifted, Individual Characteristics, Junior High Schools, Motivation, Parents, Psychological Needs, Role Models

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