N-Achievement Motivation of Male Navaho Indian Students as Measured by an Acculturated N-Achievement Scale

• Main Author: Ivory, Rex C.
• Format: Others
• Published: DigitalCommons@USU 1971
• Subjects: Counseling; Psychology; School Psychology; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5661; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6735&context=etd

The problem which formed the basis of this research was to answer the question: "Can an acculturated version of McClelland's original n-Achievement scale be significantly more effective in measuring n-Achievement motivation of male Navaho Indian subjects than McClelland's original n-Achievement scale?" An answer to this question would hopefully be reason enough for using an acculturated n-Achievement scale to provide new information relative to the Navaho Indian's need to achieve. The major underlying objective of this study was to develop a more effective projective scale than McClelland in measuring a Navaho Indian's n-Achievement motivation. This objective was not reached; however, the acculturated scale did elicit a measure of n-Achievement motivation comparable to the original McClelland scale. No significant differences were obtained on the three specific hypothesis; all were accepted, indicating that both the acculturated scale and the original scale seem to discriminate about equally well on n-Achievement motivation of male Navaho Indian subjects.