The Poulin Pictorial Motivational Scale (PPMS) attempted to measure separately four different types of motivation; intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation/self-determined, extrinsic motivation/non self-determined, and amotivation. / Sixty-two high school students were tested with the PPMS. These individuals with a mild intellectual disability were grouped according to age level (12-13, 14-15, 16-18) and academic ability (low, average, high). They answered two questionnaires; the PPMS and Harter's scale (to test students' self-competency). Other scales, made for teachers, were used to assess the validity of the PPMS, a Physical Educator's rating scale and a Teachers' questionnaire. / The reliability estimates of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) and temporal stability were sufficiently high to conclude that the PPMS was a reliable instrument. The results also revealed that the PPMS is valid and it correlates in the expected directions with the other scales which followed the self-determination theory of Deci and Ryan (1985a). Therefore, it was concluded that the PPMS is a valid and reliable instrument. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.61055 |
| Date | January 1992 |
| Creators | Poulin, Carole |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Physical Education.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001288335, proquestno: AAIMM74639, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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