Measuring motivation multidimensionally: Development of the Assessment of Individual Motives-Questionnaire (AIM-Q)

Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-35

  Bernard, Larry C ^a   Mills, Michael ^a   Swenson, Leland ^a   Walsh, R Patricia ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Evolutionary psychology; Measurement; Motivation; Motives; Multitrait multimethod

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38549123301     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191107306131     Document Type: Article

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