Age and gender differences in implicit motives

Autor(en)

F. Denzinger, S. Backes, Veronika Job Sutnar, V. Brandstätter

Abstrakt

Research on age differences in implicit motives is rare and has shown contradictory results. We investigated age and gender differences in implicit motives (achievement, power, affiliation and intimacy), measured by the Picture Story Exercise (PSE), in an extensive, heterogeneous dyadic sample of 736 adults aged 20–80 years. Data were analyzed with a multilevel approach. Results indicate lower motive scores in all four measured motives in aged as compared to young adults but higher scores in activity inhibition. Further, women scored higher in affiliation and intimacy motives than men, while men scored higher in achievement and power motives and in activity inhibition than women. Possible underlying affective and neuroendocrinological processes of age dependent change in implicit motives are discussed.

Organisation(en)

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Zürich (UZH)

Journal

Journal of Research in Personality

Band

65

Seiten

52-61

Anzahl der Seiten

10

ISSN

0092-6566

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.09.003

Publikationsdatum

12-2016

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501013 Motivationspsychologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Allgemeine Psychologie, Social Psychology

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/8c3979f3-5a9e-4460-b599-8e3b24f582e2