About the Measure
| Domains | Meta-cognition, Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Value of task; Ability beliefs; Task characteristics; Effort belief |
| Description | This measure ascertains students' reasons for not wanting to study or do their homework. |
| Example | Students are asked to rate reasons for a lack of motivation and rate them. e.g. Because I'm a bit lazy |
| Link | http://selfdeterminationtheory.org/SDT/documents/2006_LegaultGreenPelletier_JEP.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 16 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 12-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .76-.89 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 4-factor oblique |
| CFA | SB-Chi-square(101) = 455.92 N = 741 p= .001 CFI= .94 NNFI= .93 RMSEA= .05 SRMR = .06 |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | r= [.04,.41] with indifference about academics; r= [.06,.30] with academic anxiety; r= [-.46,-.15] with academic self-esteem |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Green-Demers, I., Legault, L., Pelletier, D., & Pelletier, L. G. (2008). Factorial invariance of the Academic Amotivation Inventory (AAI) across gender and grade in a sample of Canadian high school students. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 68(5), 862-880. doi:10.1177/0013164407313368 Legault, L., Green-Demers, I., & Pelletier, L. (2006). Why do high school students lack motivation in the classroom? Toward an understanding of academic amotivation and the role of social support. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98(3), 567–582. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.98.3.567 |