Ray-Lynn Achievement Motivation Scale.

AMS (Ray-Lynn)

What it measures

Trait achievement motivation / drive to get ahead and work hard, conceived as a unidimensional achievement-orientation construct.

Length and format

14 (short form). Yes / Not sure / No agreement items (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Used in several English-speaking countries; adaptations in cross-national 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

public-domain / open

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Reference

Ray, J.J. (1979). A quick measure of achievement motivation - validated in Australia and reliable in Britain and South Africa. Australian Psychologist, 14(3), 337-344.