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Type A Behavior and Achievement Motivation in Women in Teaching and Medical Sciences

    Nighat Shaheen

    Jinnah College for Women, University of Peshawar, Pakistan

    Farhana Jahangir

    Frontier Women University Peshawar Peshawar, Pakistan

    Salma Andaleeb

    Department of Psychology University of Peshawar Peshawar, Pakistan

    Asad Bano

    N.W.F.P. Public Service Commission Peshawar, Pakistan


Received
19 Jun, 2009
Accepted
27 Oct, 2009
Published
30 Jun, 2010

The aim of the present study was to investigate Type A behavior and achievement motivation in professional women. The sample consisted of 170 professionals involved in teaching and medical field. The sample of the professional women was classified in Type A and Type B personality on the basis of scores they obtained on the Anjum Khalique Type A Scale (Anjum & Khalique 1991). The Achievement-Oriented Attitude Scale (Ansari, 1979) was used to measure achievement motivation of Type A and Type B women. Result showed that Type A women obtained significantly high mean score on achievement as compared to type B professional women.

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APA-7 Style
Shaheen, N., Jahangir, F., Andaleeb , S., Bano, A. (2010). Type A Behavior and Achievement Motivation in Women in Teaching and Medical Sciences. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 25(1), 55-64. https://www.pjprnip.edu.pk/index.php/pjpr/article/view/472

ACS Style
Shaheen, N.; Jahangir, F.; Andaleeb , S.; Bano, A. Type A Behavior and Achievement Motivation in Women in Teaching and Medical Sciences. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2010, 25, 55-64. https://www.pjprnip.edu.pk/index.php/pjpr/article/view/472

AMA Style
Shaheen N, Jahangir F, Andaleeb S, Bano A. Type A Behavior and Achievement Motivation in Women in Teaching and Medical Sciences. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2010; 25(1): 55-64. https://www.pjprnip.edu.pk/index.php/pjpr/article/view/472

Chicago/Turabian Style
Shaheen, Nighat, Farhana Jahangir, Salma Andaleeb , and Asad Bano. 2010. "Type A Behavior and Achievement Motivation in Women in Teaching and Medical Sciences" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 25, no. 1: 55-64. https://www.pjprnip.edu.pk/index.php/pjpr/article/view/472