Assessment of Motives and Orientations

Youniss, Richard P.; Lorr, Maurice; Stefic, Edward C.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1979.45.2.555

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“…When Youniss, Lorr, and Stefic (1979), for example, factor-analyzed the items of their Orientation and Motivation Inventory,^ they encountered five second-order factors, four of which correspond closely to factors and clusters in our study. Their Status-seeking factor seems very similar to our Competitive Ambition, their Seeking and Helping People to our Interpersonal Concem, their Theoretical Interest to our Intellectual Orientation, and their New Experience to our Exploration-play.…”

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Categorical goal hierarchies and classification of human motives

Wicker¹,

Lambert²,

Richardson³

et al. 1984

Journal of Personality

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To explore a structural approacb to motivation based on hierarchies of goal inclusion, 231 subjects in two studies rated the valence of 46 or 56 general goals, and ratings were subjected to hierarchical cluster analysis and factor analysis. Factors over all subjects were labeled Interpersonal Concem, Competitive Ambition,, Exploration-play,, Balanceei Success, Economic Status, and Intellectual Orientation. Cluster analyses produced corresponding clusters, as well as Security, Personal Growth, Transpersemal Orientation, and Tranquility Seeking, arranged in hierarchies of class inclusion, culminating in a broad goal dichotomy described as Indivieitial Striving vs. Harmony Seeking. The paper explicates a type of hierarchical interdependency among motives which supplements interdependencies implied by motivation theories, and suggests an alternative to the assumption of some fixed number of "basic" motives. It gives descriptive data on very broad motivation categories which influence self-reports of goal importance and which relate to prior classifications of motivation, personality, and social behavior.In the study of motivation, as of emotion, it is difficult to achieve consensus or clarity about underlying dimensions or overall structure. Consider, for example, the question of how many basic needs or wants we must postulate to understand human motivation. The number implied by motivation theories would seem to vary widely. Murray (1938) described over 28 psychogenic and 13 viscerogenic needs, McDougall at one time (1933) proposed 18 "innate propensities" of a motivational character, Cattell (1957) discussed 16 "ergs," and Madsen (1961) suggested that 16 motives were sufficient to capture the important distinctions in Murray's list. On the other hand, Maslow (1970) proposed a hierarchy of only five kinds of needs, Forgus and Sbulman (1979) discussed four systems, and Freud

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Categorical goal hierarchies and classification of human motives

Wicker¹,

Lambert²,

Richardson³

et al. 1984

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“…The instrument measures 12 bipolar motivational dimensions. Information regarding the development of the OMI has been reported by , Youniss, Lorr, and Stefic (1979) and Lorr and Brazz (1979). Twelve dimensions were confirmed using a factor analysis, and the reliability of the instrument was found to be adequate in terms of internal consistency and test -retest stability.…”

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Motivational patterns among three groups of psychologists.

Youniss¹,

Lorr²,

Stefic³

1985

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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This study investigated distinguishing personal characteristics that might differentiate special subgroups within the profession of psychology. The approach was to look at motivational dimensions as measured by a self-report questionnaire, the Orientation and Motivation Inventory {OMI).Three groups of psychologists-clinical practitioner, academic clinical, and academic nonclinical-were contrasted on 72 OMI dimensions via a discriminant function analysis. Significant motivational differences were found between practitioners and the two academic groups combined. The academic psychologists are more theoretical and achievement oriented, whereas the practitioners are more altruistic, personoriented, and materialistic.

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“…Altruism was measured using an abridged subscale from the Orientation and Motivation Inventory, or OMI (Youniss et al, 1979). The OMI was designed to assess "preferred ways people have of thinking about and responding to the world around them" (p. 555).…”

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Race, religion, altruism, and the transracial adoption debate: A survey of Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish social workers

Fenster¹

2003

Social Thought

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Assessment of Motives and Orientations

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Categorical goal hierarchies and classification of human motives

Categorical goal hierarchies and classification of human motives

Motivational patterns among three groups of psychologists.

Race, religion, altruism, and the transracial adoption debate: A survey of Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish social workers

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