About the Measure
| Domains | Mental health and wellbeing, Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Self-generated activity; Absence of motivation; Social drive |
| Description | This instrument is designed to provide insight into apathy through presence or lack of motivation. The scale is intended for use with clinical populations and was developed with both normative and clinical samples. |
| Example | Circle the number on the scale below each question which best describes your child's motivation… Approaches activities with inte |
| Link | Gerring, J., Freund, L., Gerson, A., Joshi, P., Capozzoli, J., Frosch, E., ... Denckla, M. (1996). Psychometric characteristics of the Children's Motivation Scale. Psychiatry Research, 63(2), 205-217. doi:10.1016/0165-1781(96)02841-7 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 16 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Parent |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 4-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Available in jou |
| Cost per child | Available in jou |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .26-.87 |
| Test retest | Normative sample: 2 weeks, r= .88 ; Clinical sample: 2 weeks, r= .57 |
| Inter-rater reliability | r= .61 for 7-10 day period |
| EFA | 3-factor orthogo |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | r= [-.40,.11] with Child Behaviour Checklist factors; r= -.47 with the Children's Affective Lability Scale |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Gerring, J., Freund, L., Gerson, A., Joshi, P., Capozzoli, J., Frosch, E., ... Denckla, M. (1996). Psychometric characteristics of the Children's Motivation Scale. Psychiatry Research, 63(2), 205-217. doi:10.1016/0165-1781(96)02841-7 |