MOTIVATION MUSIC INVENTORY RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY, FOR A ROMANIAN VERSION, IN A LARGE STUDENT SAMPLE

The present study sought to investigate second time the MUSIC inventory reliability and structure validity but, in a larger sample. Published research using multiple samples indicated that MUSIC inventory had excellent Cronbach’s Alpha values for each scale and the structure validly was considered acceptable by more authors, even there have been found higher correlations between its scales. The hypothesis was that the students' perceptions measured using MUSIC inventory would prove the reliability and construct validity of the translated version. The sample of this study consisted of a voluntary group of 215 students, mainly enrolled in the Master's Programs: Educational Management - first and second year and Psychopedagogy of Early Education - first and second year. The study had a cross-sectional design. The structure of the study is similar to the previous one, with the intention to make their results comparable. Also, the same statistical analyses were performed: reliability analysis (Cronbach’s Alpha), factor analysis and correlation analysis. Interpretation of results from this study suggested that the hypothesis of the study was again only partially confirmed, reliability was proved by Cronbach Alpha coefficients to be excellent (between ,946 - ,970) for all scales. Related to the construct validity of the inventory, results not confirmed the theoretical structure. Due to high correlation among all MUSIC items, inventory theoretical structure is susceptible not working properly in all samples.