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Annotated Bibliography of Studies of the
Achievement Motivation Inventory (AMI)
Byrne, Z.S., Mueller-Hanson, R.A., Cardador, J.M., Thornton, G.C.III, Schuler, H., Frintrup, A., & Fox, S. (2004). Measuring achievement motivation: Tests of equivalency for English, German, and Israeli versions of the Achievement Motivation Inventory, Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 203-217.
Found that the 17 facets of the Achievement Motivation Inventory demonstrated cultural equivalency across samples in Germany, the U.S., and Israel by clustering into three factors with similar patterns in factor structure and pattern of factor loading.
Cigularov, K., Thornton, G. C., Rafailova, G., & Tsigularov, P. K. (2007, July). Challenges in translating and adapting English language personality measures in Bulgarian: A two case study demonstration. Poster presented at the 10th European Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Quality-control steps, recommended by the International Test Commission, were included in the translation of the Achievement Motivation Inventory (AMI) and the 50 Big Five Factor Markers (50BFFM) from English to Bulgarian. Results from differential item functioning analyses indicated that while some items functioned similarly across the two languages, others functioned differentially.
Cigularov, K., Lanik, M., Thornton, G. C., & Singh, R. (2007, July). Testing observed and latent mean differences of facets of achievement motivation between college students from the United States and Singapore. Poster presented at the 10th European Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
The study examined and compared the structure and strength of 17 facets of achievement motivation between college students from the United States and Singapore, as measured by the Achievement Motivation Inventory. Results showed significant observed-mean differences on 12 of the 17 scales. While, some of the observed mean differences (or the lack of such) were supported on the latent mean level, others were not.
Cigularov, K., & Thornton, G. C. (2006, May). An integration of two complex concepts of achievement motivation. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Dallas, Texas.
Scores on the 17 scales of the Achievement Motivation Inventory (AMI) were compared to scores on the 9 scales of the Motivational Trait Questionnaire (MTQ). Relationships of the AMI with the MTQ and the 50 Big-Five Markers reveal evidence of convergent and discriminant validity for the AMI total and scale scores.
Cigularov, K., & Thornton, G. C. (in preparation). Criterion-related validity of the Achievement Motivation Inventory (AMI) in an academic setting.
Found that Achievement Motivation Inventory (AMI) total and scale scores have predictive validity for both general (e.g., college GPA) and specific (e.g., test scores, term paper scores) criteria of academic success.
Lanik, M., Thornton, G. C., & Hoskovcova, S. (2007, July). A flat world? Comparative study of achievement motivation in the Czech Republic and the United States. Poster to be presented at the 10th European Congress of Psychology, Prague, Czech Republic.
Based on comparisons of the observed score means, compared to US nationals, Czech nationals scored higher on compensatory effort, competitiveness, eagerness to learn, flexibility, self-control, and status orientation, but lower on engagement, internality, and preference for difficult task. Of the seven scales that showed measurement equivalence, the only difference in latent means revealed that US nationals were higher on internality. This inconsistency highlights the need for different types of analyses in cross-cultural research.
Lanik, M., & Thornton, G. C. (in preparation). Social loafing revisited: The effect
of individual-difference and situational variables on performance.
One hundred seventy female and 82 male undergraduate students engaged in the Tinsel Town simulation (Devine et al., 2004) and their individual performance was rated by trained assessors. Individual-level achievement motivation was operationalized as three separate vectors: Self-Assurance, Ambition, and Self-Control. None of the achievement vectors were related to rated quality of preparation; Self-Assurance was positively related to rated participation in the group discussion.
Mueller-Hanson, R.A., & Thornton, G.C.III. (2000, April). Achievement motivation and the Five Factor Model of personality. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. New Orleans, LA.
Found that facets of achievement motivation are related in the predicted way with big-five personality other than and in addition to conscientiousness. Concluded that the Achievement Motivation Inventory measures attributes other than the NEO PI-R.
Potemra, M. J. (2007). A cross-national study of achievement motivation in Brazil and the U.S. Unpublished manuscript, Colorado State University at Fort Collins, CO.
Measurement equivalence of the Achievement Motivation Inventory was demonstrated between samples of Brazilian and U.S. students who were administered the Portuguese and English language versions respectively. Latent mean analyses revealed that Brazilian students reported higher levels of pride in productivity, status orientation, and fearlessness compared to U.S. students.
Sintek, E.E. (2006). A cross-cultural comparison of achievement motivation in the United States and South Korea. Unpublished master’s thesis, Colorado State University.
A comparison of 139 university students in the US to 198 cadets in a South Korean Military Academy revealed a comparable three-factor structure of 17 facets of achievement motivation. Analyses of latent means revealed that the South Koreans reported higher competitiveness whereas the US students reported higher independence.
Woo, S.E., Gibbons, A.M., & Thornton III, G.C. (in press). Latent mean differences in the facets of achievement motivation of undergraduate students and adult workers in the U.S. Personality and Individual Differences.
The AMI displayed measurement invariance across both groups as indicated by multiple group confirmatory factor analysis. Analysis of latent mean differences found students had higher levels of Ambition, while adults had higher levels of Self-Assurance and Self-Control.
Woo, S.E., Gibbons, A. M., & Thornton III, G.C., & Kim, M.J. (2007, May). Measuring achievement motivation of United States and Korean employees with the Achievement Motivation Inventory. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
Measurement invariance of the Achievement Motivation Inventory was tested and satisfied across English and Korean language versions. Latent mean analyses revealed that Korean workers had higher levels of Ambition and lower levels of Self-Assurance and Self-Control compared to US workers.
Olofsson, A., Frintrup, A. & Schuler, H. (under review). Construct and criterion-related validation of the Sport-related Motivation Test SMT.
The SMT is the first sport related test for achievment motivation refering to Schuler´s broad concept of achievement motivation. Found high validation of the SMT in a concurrent validation, uncorrected validity scores ranging up to r=.73 for various criteria as self reported sportive achievements and sportive engagement. Incremental validity above AMS-Sport and SOQ (Elbe, 2002 and 2004 respectively) is reported.