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@inproceedings{Alivernini2008TheAM, title={The academic motivation scale (AMS): Factorial structure, invariance, and validity in the Italian context}, author={Fabio Alivernini and Fabio Lucidi}, year={2008}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:40653831}}- Fabio Alivernini, F. Lucidi
- Published 2008
- Education, Psychology
The main purpose of this study was to validate an Italian version of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS). A sample of 618 high school students completed the Italian translation of the AMS, also indicating their intentions to persist in versus drop out of school and their performance in a series of exams. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the five-factor structure of the AMS and showed factorial invariance across gender and types of schools. The Italian version of the AMS had…
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