Achievement Motives Scale.
AMS (Gjesme-Nygard)
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.
- Provisionally grouped under
- 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
- 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.
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