The Mehrabian Achieving Tendency Scale (MATS): Reliability, validity and relationship to demographic characteristics |
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Authors: | Evelyn D Scannell and Felicity C L Allen |
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Institution: | (1) Monash University, USA;(2) Psychology Department, Monash University, P.O. Box 197, 3145 Caulfield East, Victoria, Australia |
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Abstract: | 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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