ABSTRACT

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 constructed and validated a short version of the 14-item Academic Motivation Scale (SAMS). Data from two university student samples were analysed to construct and validate the factorial structure. SAMS yielded adequate internal consistency, and very strong correlations with the original version of AMS in both samples. Confirmatory factor analysis on SAMS replicated the seven-factor model identified in the original AMS. SAMS can be a reliable and valid alternative to the original AMS.

摘要

学业动机对学生的心理健康和表现很重要。其中一项既定的衡量标准是学术动机量表 (AMS)，包含 28 个项目。AMS 评估内在动机、外在动机和无动机，并进一步分为七个子量表。AMS 的一大弱点是其长度。在本研究中，我们构建并验证了包含 14 项的学术动机量表 (SAMS) 的简短版本。对两个大学生样本的数据进行了分析，以构建和验证因子结构。SAMS 产生了足够的内部一致性，并且在两个样本中与 AMS 的原始版本具有非常强的相关性。SAMS 的验证性因素分析复制了原始 AMS 中确定的七因素模型。SAMS 可以成为原始 AMS 的可靠且有效的替代方案。