The Military Academic Motivation Scale (MAMS): A New Scale to Assess Motivation Among Military Cadets from a Self-Determination Theory Perspective European Journal of Psychological Assessment
Self-determination theory (SDT) hypothesizes a multi-factor structure of motivation distinguishing between amotivation, extrinsic motivation (in turn consisting of external regulation, identified regulation, and introjected regulation), and intrinsic motivation. The purpose of the present paper is to introduce the Military Academic Motivation Scale (MAMS), a short and reliable instrument for assessing the aforementioned types of motivation among military cadets. Two representative samples of military cadets completed the MAMS.