Psychometric characteristics of the children's motivation scale

Joan P. Gerring; Lisa Freund; Arlene C. Gerson; Paramjit T. Joshi; Joseph Capozzoli; Emily Frosch; Kathy Brady; Robert S. Marin; Martha B. Denckla

doi:10.1016/0165-1781(96)02841-7

Psychometric characteristics of the children's motivation scale

Joan P. Gerring, Lisa Freund, Arlene C. Gerson, Paramjit T. Joshi, Joseph Capozzoli, Emily Frosch, Kathy Brady, Robert S. Marin, Martha B. Denckla

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A 16-item Children's Motivation Scale (CMS) was developed to evaluate level of motivation in children and adolescents. The study population consisted of a normative sample of 290 school children and a clinical sample of 165 child and adolescent psychiatric patients. Test-retest, internal consistency, and interrater reliability were fair to good for both samples. Validity of the CMS was demonstrated by its ability to differentiate clinical from normative samples according to the level of motivation, by a significant correlation of the CMS with an independent measure of withdrawal, and by its lack of correlation with an independent measure of depression. Principal components analysis identified a three component structure. These findings support the conclusion that the CMS accesses a clinically important but often overlooked psychiatric construct.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	205-217
Number of pages	13
Journal	Psychiatry research
Volume	63
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1781(96)02841-7
State	Published - Jul 31 1996

Keywords

Apathy
Child psychiatric symptoms
Reliability
Validity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychiatry and Mental health
Biological Psychiatry

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