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On the Assessment of Situational Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation: The Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS)

Guay, Frédéric, Vallerand, Robert J., Blanchard, Céline·2000·Motivation and Emotion

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Authors: Guay, F., Vallerand, R. J., & Blanchard, C.
Affiliations: Université Laval (CA)
Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
University of Ottawa (CA)
Corresponding author: Guay, Frédéric
ORCID: Guay, Frédéric
Vallerand, Robert J.
Venue: Motivation and Emotion
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2000-09
Volume: 24
Issue: 3
Pages: 175-213
ISSN: 0146-7239 (ISSN-L)
1573-6644
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005614228250
OpenAlex: W1633674991
Semantic Scholar: 3341e4c44829cb9f1fb472a968112765318f324a
Cited by: 1,579
References: 61
Citations by year: 2026: 111 · 2025: 134 · 2024: 133 · 2023: 114 · 2022: 122 · 2021: 96 · 2020: 111 · 2019: 100 · 2018: 90 · 2017: 75 · 2016: 70 · 2015: 64 · 2014: 70 · 2013: 50 · 2012: 64
FWCI: 8.09
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (tdm)
www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (vor)
Locations: Motivation and Emotion (publishedVersion)
Corpus Université Laval (Université Laval) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
Keywords: Situational Motivation Scale, situational motivation, intrinsic motivation, identified regulation, external regulation, amotivation, self-report measures, scale development, construct validity

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