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Kotera, Yasuhiro; Conway, Elaine; Green, Pauline – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2023
Academic motivation is important to students' mental health and performance. One established measure is the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS), comprising 28 items. AMS assesses intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, and amotivation, which are further categorised into seven subscales. One weakness of AMS is its length. In this study, we…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Factor Analysis, Learning Motivation
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Cody, Brettjet L.; Kuyini, Ahmed Bawa; Smith, Leann V. – Journal of College Student Development, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) with a sample of Arab college students. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis revealed a 7-factor structure similar to the original scale. Items measuring intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, or amotivation, as specified in the original…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Factor Structure, Arabs, Student Motivation