About the Measure
| Domains | Meta-cognition, Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Social and Emotional Competence |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3 |
| Subscales | Negative motivating components; Positive motivating components |
| Description | This instrument is designed to reveal the effect on an individual's motivation, of their peers and surrounding adults. |
| Example | Doing school work with friends made me study harder |
| Link | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pms.1984.59.1.243 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 45 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 12-14 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .82-.83 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 2-factor orthogo |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | r= [-.22,.33] with Ottis Lenon IQ test; r= [-.17,.30] with grade equivalence |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Wells, G. R., & Bledsoe, J. C. (1984). Development and validation of the Wells-Bledsoe Motivation Checklist. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 59(1), 243-248. doi:10.2466/pms.1984.59.1.243 |