Measuring Motivation Multidimensionally: Development of the Assessment of Individual Motives Questionnaire (AIM-Q)  

Oleh:

Bernard, Larry C. ; Mills, Michael ; Swenson, Leland ; Walsh, R. Patricia

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Assessment vol. 15 no. 1 (Mar. 2008), page 16-35.
Topik: motivation; motives; measurement; assessment; evolutionary psychology; multitrait–multimethod
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We report the development of the Assessment of Individual Motives–Questionnaire (AIM-Q), a new instrument based on an evolutionary psychology theory of human motivation. It provides multitrait–multimethod (MTMM) assessment of individual differences on 15 motive scales. A total heterogeneous sample of N = 1,251 participated in eight studies that evaluated the homogeneity, internal consistency, test–retest reliability, and MTMM convergent and discriminant validities of the AIM-Q’s three methods. These studies generally support the overall strategy of assessing individual differences in multiple evolutionary-based motives with multiple methods. Additional validity studies are underway and, when validated further, the AIM-Q may offer a promising option for evolutionary psychologists and behavioral geneticists wanting to incorporate individual differences into their research but have had to use existing self-report measures of personality, which were not designed for such a purpose. It may also offer clinical and counseling psychologists an additional approach to personality measures for the prediction of behavior.

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