Ed. Scannell et Fcl. Allen, The Mehrabian Achieving Tendency Scale (MATS): Reliability, validity and relationship to demographic characteristics, CURR PSYCHO, 19(4), 2000, pp. 301-311
The Mehrabian Achieving Tendency Scale (MATS) assesses individual motivatio
nal 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 a
nd 75 years of age. MATS scores attained high reliabilities and were simila
r to American samples. MATS scores were positively and significantly correl
ated 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 Mehrabia
n and Blum (1996). Education and occupation were significantly associated w
ith variations in MATS but gender and age were not.