Personality variables which discriminate between groups differing in level of self-actualization.

Administered the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, the Differential Value Profile, and the Achievement Motivation Scales for Males and Females to 150 male and 150 female undergraduates with high, median, and low scores on the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI). Males and females differed significantly in their levels of self-actualization as measured by the POI. Males and females were both significantly discriminated by the personality variables, but by different combinations of these variables. Data suggest that a close relationship may exist between self-actualization and self-concept, and that low self-actualizing males and females differ from high self-actualizing males and females on several dimensions. (21 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)