For a college student having academic problems, the PIT provides information about important aspects of her or his motivation system. The emphasis on the temporal synchronic functioning of the motivation system is important because opposing needs only conflict when they are simultaneously activated. The PIT is the only instrument that provides synchronic motivation information. The traditional psychological measures of traits do not provide this critical information. Untangling of satisfaction-performance relationships for college students.
Personality needs associated with high and low scholastic achievement.
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