Measuring achievement motivation at early adolescent age
Using the sample of adult respondents from the domestic population we defined the structure of achievement motivation with four relatively independent dimensions of competing with others, perseverance in achieving goals, achieving goals as a source of pleasure and orientation towards planni...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | srp |
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Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade
2014-01-01
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| Series: | Zbornik Instituta za pedagoška istraživanja |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0579-6431/2014/0579-64311401091V.pdf |
| Summary: | Using the sample of adult respondents from the domestic population we defined
the structure of achievement motivation with four relatively independent
dimensions of competing with others, perseverance in achieving goals,
achieving goals as a source of pleasure and orientation towards planning.
Based on this model we constructed the MOP/D scale for measuring achievement
motivation at early adolescent age, containing 35 items and three-level
categories of responses. This scale was administered together with the
questionnaires exploring the motivation for school learning and personality
features on the initial sample (261 respondents; 48% female) and the
cross-validation sample (2234 respondents; 49% female) aged 10 to 16. It has
been shown that the MOP/D scale is highly representative, with excellent
reliability, and, considering the expected complexity of the space of
measuring, acceptable homogeneity. Using the exploratory factor analysis on
both samples, four primary dimensions were defined: planning, studying,
competing and perseverance, and the general factor of achievement motivation.
The results of correlation analyses revealed satisfactory criterion,
convergent and discriminatory validity of the MOP/D scale against the
measures of academic motivation, personality features and the variables
derived from data on school success. Hence, the MOP/D scale has good
psychometric characteristics and can be applied in research and practical
psychological activities for measuring achievement motivation of respondents
at early adolescent age. |
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| ISSN: | 0579-6431 1820-9270 |