An examination of the validity of the Academic Motivation Scale with a United States business student sample

Psychological Reports

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-341

  Smith, Kenneth J ^a   Davy, Jeanette A ^b   Rosenberg, Donald L ^c  

^a SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMERCE; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952987204     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.106.2.323-341     Document Type: Article

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