The study determined the relationship between level of self-actualization and self-concept, values, and achievement motivation. Multiple discriminant analysis was used to examine 150 male and 150 female college freshmen who had three levels of self-actualization. The males and females differed significantly in their level of self-actualization.…

This article gives insight into why individuals become committed to a sport role. Commitment may be attributed to intrinsic and extrinsic rewards and satisfactions. A typology of sport roles is presented utilizing a three-dimensional model of commitment to explain identity within a sport role. (Author/DF)

Experience with numbers of drug addicts has shown them to be singularly unmotivated to discontinue drug use. To develop motivation, a treatment program is described in terms of motivational progression: (1) confrontation of the problem; (2) development of an intellectual understanding of the problem and its harmful effects; and (3) development of…

Research supported by Grant GS-951 from the National Science Foundation.

Concerned with building communication bridges, the author discusses some motivating forces: praise; promotion, or enabling people to grow; professional growth; pure pleasure in simple things; privacy; and the power to do good. Presented at meeting of I.A.P.P.W., Detroit, 1970. (CJ)

Discusses how certain novels can be used to create hope in student readers and help them to see that life is worth living. (CRH)

Suggests a motivations framework to organize constructs for evaluating sport consumption. Researchers developed scales to measure motivations for spectating and participant markets, then surveyed 1,611 sports enthusiasts nationwide, profiling sports using motivational constructs. The proposed constructs are shown to have implications for marketing…

Youth, its objectives, readiness for life, education are the future of Lithuania. One of the major solutions of a young person is related to the choice of a future profession, and this solution is influenced by many factors: certain demands, calls and interests, capabilities and intellect, character and temperament, goals and values. The results…

Over two hundred periodical, dissertation, book, research paper, and essay citations of works published between 1948 and 1972 are listed in this bibliography which concerns itself with human motivation needs. Over 140 authors are represented. Some of the wide ranging topics included, in addition to and in relation to various aspects of motivation,…

The first of a series, this report describes a 10-year followup study of a sample of 44 graduates of the Sloan School of Management, analyzing the interaction of personal values and career events in the lives of managers in organizations. All 44 participants were located, interviewed, and given the same attitude surveys as in the early 1960's.…

This career planning handbook is designed to help high school students to set goals and plan their lives. Its 11 sections cover the following: personal data, personality type, skills, discovering values, the world of work, goal setting, life plans, preparing for college, basic necessities, meeting college costs, and job prospects. Each section…

This instructional package consists of activity guides, materials, and background information on selected areas pertinent to the self-development of a native American Indian participant group. Covered in its six units are the following topics: self-image and success (motivation and success, personal discovery, tools and assessment instruments,…