intrinsic motivation inventory

This note last modified May 3, 2021

Authors: Year : Tags : survey design autoelotic

Does what it says on the tin, measures intrinsic motivation

modify the questions slightly based on activity

uses a Likert scale

!Intrinsic_Motivation_Inventory.pdf

Interest/Enjoyment

  • I enjoyed doing this activity very much
  • This activity was fun to do.
  • I thought this was a boring activity. (R)
  • This activity did not hold my attention at all. (R)
  • I would describe this activity as very interesting.
  • I thought this activity was quite enjoyable.
  • While I was doing this activity‚ I was thinking about how much I enjoyed it.

Perceived Competence

  • I think I am pretty good at this activity.
  • I think I did pretty well at this activity‚ compared to other students.
  • After working at this activity for awhile‚ I felt pretty competent.
  • I am satisfied with my performance at this task.
  • I was pretty skilled at this activity.
  • This was an activity that I couldnt do very well. (R)

Effort/Importance

  • I put a lot of effort into this.
  • I didnt try very hard to do well at this activity. (R)
  • I tried very hard on this activity.
  • It was important to me to do well at this task.
  • I didnt put much energy into this. (R)

Pressure/Tension

  • I did not feel nervous at all while doing this. (R)
  • I felt very tense while doing this activity.
  • I was very relaxed in doing these. (R)
  • I was anxious while working on this task.
  • I felt pressured while doing these.

Perceived Choice

  • I believe I had some choice about doing this activity.
  • I felt like it was not my own choice to do this task. (R)
  • I didnt really have a choice about doing this task. (R)
  • I felt like I had to do this. (R)
  • I did this activity because I had no choice. (R)
  • I did this activity because I wanted to.
  • I did this activity because I had to. (R)

Value/Usefulness

  • I believe this activity could be of some value to me.
  • I think that doing this activity is useful for ______________________
  • I think this is important to do because it can _____________________
  • I would be willing to do this again because it has some value to me.
  • I think doing this activity could help me to _____________________
  • I believe doing this activity could be beneficial to me.
  • I think this is an important activity.

Relatedness

  • I felt really distant to this person. (R)
  • I really doubt that this person and I would ever be friends. (R)
  • I felt like I could really trust this person.
  • Id like a chance to interact with this person more often.
  • I’d really prefer not to interact with this person in the future. (R)
  • I don’t feel like I could really trust this person. (R)
  • It is likely that this person and I could become friends if we interacted a lot.
  • I feel close to this person.