Motivation analysis on the basis of using TAT in two groups of
adolescents

URBÁNEK, Tomáš, Kristína CZEKÓOVÁ, Ivo ČERMÁK, Táňa FIKAROVÁ and Zuzana POKORNÁ. Motivation analysis on the basis of using TAT in two groups of adolescents. Ceskoslovenska Psychologie/Czechoslovak Psychology. PRAGUE 1: ACADEMIA, vol. 56, No 5, p. 393-408. ISSN 0009-062X. 2012.

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - 1083167
AU  - Urbánek, Tomáš - Czekóová, Kristína - Čermák, Ivo - Fikarová, Táňa - Pokorná, Zuzana
PY  - 2012
TI  - Motivation analysis on the basis of using TAT in two groups of adolescents
JF  - Ceskoslovenska Psychologie/Czechoslovak Psychology
VL  - 56
IS  - 5
SP  - 393-408
EP  - 393-408
PB  - ACADEMIA
SN  - 0009062X
KW  - thematic apperception test
KW  - thematic content analysis
KW  - motivation
KW  - adolescents
N2  - Motivation analysis on the basis of using TAT in two groups of adolescents T Urbanek, K. Czekoova, I. Cermak, T. Fikarova, Z. Pokorna Objectives. The purpose of this study was to find whether there are differences between adolescents with and without diagnosed behavioural problems (N=56) in stories evoked by the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). Another aim was to introduce five scoring systems novel to our region: need for achievement, affiliation, power, revised power, and uncertainty orientation. Gender differences were addressed as well. Participants and setting: 35 adolescents (16 girls) with and 21 (8 girls) without diagnosed behavioural problems participated in the study. Four TAT stories recorded from each participant were scored by two raters (in a completely randomized order) in a two-phased analysis - independent and consensual - in order to achieve a satisfactory level of agreement. Hypothesis. Different situational variables (e.g. distinct environment, age, gender) bring differing motives into TAT stories by groups of participants. Statistical analyses. The data were analysed by means of cross-tabulations, non-parametric statistics, and cluster analysis. Results. Indicated sufficient inter-rater reliability and promising conclusions concerning the validity of the indices. Specifically, associations between individual motives and incidence of certain behavioural problems in the group with diagnosed behavioural problems were found. Furthermore, differences in the level of affiliation and power motives between girls and boys in both groups were demonstrated. Presented results suggest that employed interpretation systems could be useful in diagnostics despite requiring further validation. Specificities and problems of the textual data scoring are discussed from the perspective of reliability and validity of operant indices which assess implicit motives in contrast to indices based on the questionnaire items. Study limitation. Sample size.
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Basic information
Original name	Motivation analysis on the basis of using TAT in two groups of adolescents
Name in Czech	Analýza motivace na základě použití TAT u dvou skupin adolescentů
Authors	URBÁNEK, Tomáš, Kristína CZEKÓOVÁ, Ivo ČERMÁK, Táňa FIKAROVÁ and Zuzana POKORNÁ.
Edition	Ceskoslovenska Psychologie/Czechoslovak Psychology, PRAGUE 1, ACADEMIA, 2012, 0009-062X.

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Original language	Czech
Type of outcome	Article in a journal
Confidentiality degree	is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor	Impact factor: 0.244
UT WoS	000311469400001
Keywords in English	thematic apperception test; thematic content analysis; motivation; adolescents
Tags	Reviewed
Changed by	Changed by: prof. PhDr. Tomáš Urbánek, Ph.D., učo 18094. Changed: 28/1/2013 18:33.

Abstract

Motivation analysis on the basis of using TAT in two groups of adolescents T Urbanek, K. Czekoova, I. Cermak, T. Fikarova, Z. Pokorna Objectives. The purpose of this study was to find whether there are differences between adolescents with and without diagnosed behavioural problems (N=56) in stories evoked by the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). Another aim was to introduce five scoring systems novel to our region: need for achievement, affiliation, power, revised power, and uncertainty orientation. Gender differences were addressed as well. Participants and setting: 35 adolescents (16 girls) with and 21 (8 girls) without diagnosed behavioural problems participated in the study. Four TAT stories recorded from each participant were scored by two raters (in a completely randomized order) in a two-phased analysis - independent and consensual - in order to achieve a satisfactory level of agreement. Hypothesis. Different situational variables (e.g. distinct environment, age, gender) bring differing motives into TAT stories by groups of participants. Statistical analyses. The data were analysed by means of cross-tabulations, non-parametric statistics, and cluster analysis. Results. Indicated sufficient inter-rater reliability and promising conclusions concerning the validity of the indices. Specifically, associations between individual motives and incidence of certain behavioural problems in the group with diagnosed behavioural problems were found. Furthermore, differences in the level of affiliation and power motives between girls and boys in both groups were demonstrated. Presented results suggest that employed interpretation systems could be useful in diagnostics despite requiring further validation. Specificities and problems of the textual data scoring are discussed from the perspective of reliability and validity of operant indices which assess implicit motives in contrast to indices based on the questionnaire items. Study limitation. Sample size.

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GA406/09/2089, research and development project	Name: Analýza příběhů evokovaných Tématicko apercepčním testem: kvantitativní a kvalitativní přístupy

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