Factorial study of motivational self-ratings by male subjects.

Abstract

An iterative factor analysis was performed on the scores obtained from a Motivational Adjective Check List (MACL) ( N = 100 undergraduate male students). The initial matrix of significant factors was rotated according to the quartimax, varimax, and equamax procedures. The promax rotation was, then, performed on each of the three orthogonal solutions. Interpretation of factors was based on the promax solution of the equamax rotation. The factors obtained were integrativeness, striving, poise, and independence.