ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8282-3910 and Gerstenberg, Friederike X. R.
(18. February 2012):
An IRT Analysis of Motive Questionnaires: The Unified Motive Scales.
In: Journal of Personality, Vol. 46, No. 6: pp. 725-742
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Abstract
Multiple inventories claiming to assess the same explicit motive (achievement, power, or affiliation) show only mediocre convergent validity. In three studies (N = 1685) the structure, nomological net, and content coverage of multiple existing motive scales was investigated with exploratory factor analyses. The analyses revealed four approach factors (achievement, power, affiliation, and intimacy) and a general avoidance factor with a facet structure. New scales (the Unified Motive Scales; UMS) were developed using IRT, reflecting these underlying dimensions. In comparison to existing questionnaires, the UMS have the highest measurement precision and provide short (6-item) and ultra-short (3-item) scales. In a fourth study (N = 96), the UMS demonstrated incremental validity over existing motive scales with respect to several outcome criteria.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Form of publication: | Postprint |
Keywords: | structure of explicit motives; questionnaire; item response theory; short scales |
Faculties: | Psychology and Education Science Psychology and Education Science > Department Psychology > General and Experimental Psychology |
Subjects: | 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 100 Philosophy 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 150 Psychology |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-17969-1 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 17969 |
Date Deposited: | 14. Jan 2014, 11:54 |
Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020, 12:59 |