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Original Research

Academic Motivation Scale: adaptation and psychometric analyses for high school and college students

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Pages 71-83 | Published online: 25 Jul 2012

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Figure 1 Self-determination continuum based on Deci and RyanCitation13 and Vallerand et al.Citation14

Abbreviations: AMS, Academic Motivation Scale; IMse, Intrinsic Motivation orientation towards stimulating experiences; IMa, Intrinsic Motivation orientation towards achievement; IMk, Intrinsic Motivation orientation towards knowledge; EMidr, Extrinsic Motivation identified regulation; EMintr, Extrinsic Motivation introjected regulation; EMer, Extrinsic Motivation external regulation; A, Amotivation.
Figure 1 Self-determination continuum based on Deci and RyanCitation13 and Vallerand et al.Citation14

Table 1 Item analysis and descriptive statistics of the high school sample

Table 2 Item analysis and descriptive statistics of the college sample

Table 3 Goodness-of-fit indexes obtained by ULS

Table 4 Standardized factorial weights obtained by bootstrap

Table 5 Correlations between factors obtained by bootstrap

Figure 2 High school sample: estimated parameters.

Figure 2 High school sample: estimated parameters.

Figure 3 College sample: estimated parameters.

Figure 3 College sample: estimated parameters.

Table 6 Internal consistency for dimensions

Table 7 Differences in motivational types according to educational level

Appendix 1 Academic Motivation Scale: high school version (in Argentine Spanish)

Appendix 2 Academic Motivation Scale: college version (in Argentine Spanish)