The Thematic Apperception Test: Toward a standard measure of the big three motives

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-291

  Langan Fox, Janice ^a   Grant, Sharon ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFFILIATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MANAGER; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PARAMETER; PERSONALITY TEST; POWER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; VALIDITY;

EID: 33845648032     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8703_09     Document Type: Article

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