Development of the Motivation toward Going to School Scale for Elementary and Junior High School Students

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to measure students’ motivations toward going to school which is based on the self-determination theory. The study also examined the reliability and validity of the scale. As a result, the scale consisting of four frameworks in the self-determination theory was developed, and internal consistency, construct validity, concurrent validity, and cross validity were satisfactory. The results also showed that elementary school students scored higher on motivations for school attendance with high self-determination, whereas junior high school students scored higher on motivations for school attendance with low self-determination.