The Lithuanian version of the global motivation scale: testing its reliability and factorial validity

Abstract

This study focuses on the construct of global motivation. Vallerand (2000) portrays motivation as a three-level construct, manifesting at the global, life domains, and situational levels. Contrary to context-specific motivation, global motivation is described as a general tendency to base one’s actions on intrinsic/extrinsic motives. This hierarchical model of motivation is grounded on Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 2000), which suggests that motivation to undertake certain activities ranges from externally controlled to self-determined and, thus, may be placed on the external-internal motivation continuum. This study aimed to test the psychometric properties of the Lithuanian version of the Global Motivation scale (GMS-28; Guay, Mageau & Vallerand, 2003). It has seven subscales and is designed to measure global motivational orientations. Moreover, it can be used as a basis when developing other contextspecific motivation measures. [...]