Evaluating existing and new validity evidence for the Academic Motivation Scale

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-358

  Fairchild, Amanda J ^a,b   Horst, S Jeanne ^a   Finney, Sara J ^a   Barron, Kenneth E ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic motivation scale; Construct validity; Extrinsic motivation; Intrinsic motivation; Motivation; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944381946     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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