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The Mehrabian Achieving Tendency Scale (MATS) assesses individual motivational characteristics that are associated with achievement (Mehrabian, 1993; 1994-1995). A survey of 130 males and 218 females was conducted to examine psychometric properties of the MATS in a sample of Australians between 18 and 75 years of age. MATS scores attained high reliabilities and were similar to American samples. MATS scores were positively and significantly correlated with the Schwartz Value Survey (1992) achievement values but were not correlated with benevolence values. The MATS had a single factor structure but marked differences in item loading patterns when compared with Mehrabian and Blum (1996). Education and occupation were significantly associated with variations in MATS but gender and age were not.
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Scannell, E.D., Allen, F.C.L. The Mehrabian Achieving Tendency Scale (MATS): Reliability, validity and relationship to demographic characteristics. Curr Psychol 19, 301–311 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-000-1022-8
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