Achievement Motives Scale.

AMS (Gjesme-Nygard)

What it measures

Achievement motivation as two motive dispositions: Motive to Achieve Success (Hope of Success) and Motive to Avoid Failure (Fear of Failure), anticipating positive vs negative affect in achievement situations.

Length and format

30 (original); AMS-R revised short form = 10 (5 per motive). 4-pt agreement Likert items (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Czech, German and other forms; widely translated in achievement-motivation research

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Lang, J.W.B., & Fries, S. (2006). A revised 10-item version of the Achievement Motives Scale. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 22(3), 216-224.