Validation of the Academic Motivation Scale for University Students in Pakistan

The objective of the study was two folds, (1) first it aims to validate the psychometric properties of the academic motivation scale (AMS) within the context of Pakistani higher education and (2) determine the dominant types of motivation among university students in Pakistan.For the first objective, confirmatory factor analysis was used.The results confirmed that the AMS possesses satisfactory reliability and validity.These findings provide support about the suitability of AMS suitable measure to determine students' academic motivation orientations.For further analysis, Self-Determination SDI Index was constructed using the scores overall AMS.The findings based on Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance of study showed that there exists no significant difference among male and female, however, the comparison of age groups confirmed different patterns of academic motivation across different age groups.Overall finds confirm that AMS is a valid and suitable tool to assess academic motivation among university students in Pakistan.