Motivational Persistence Questionaire (EPM)
Motivationally, how persistent is it?
The EPM Questionnaire - Evaluation of Motivational Persistence (Constantin et al., 2011) allows the evaluation of motivational persistence, understood as being the individual predisposition to persist motivationally in the effort directed towards achieving a goal, to find the motivational resources necessary to achieve long-term goals.
In the conceptual model underlying the construction of the EPM, motivational involvement (what attracts us, motivates us) is seen as a distinct component from motivational persistence (the latter occurring only after the decision of motivational involvement is made) which involves the activation of all resources (including those that provide "motivation re-fuelling") in the effort directed towards achieving the proposed objectives, despite obstacles, routine, stress, fatigue or other distracting factors.
The long version of the EPM questionnaire (new version) consists of 30 items, also answered on a 5-step scale, and ensures the identification of six factors: ambition (setting ambitious goals); determination (pursuing long-term goals); planning (preparation of daily activities); implementation (realization of daily tasks); recurrence (re-actualization of unachieved goals); self-discipline (monitoring and self-restraint).
High scores on the general dimension of motivational persistence (the global score) are representative of people who always find resources to fuel their motivation in the effort to achieve ambitious goals, such as the ones that require dedication or constant effort over time. Such people accept the challenge of difficult tasks and manage to stay focused on daily/current activities even after the tasks become unpleasant or less interesting. They frequently return to or think about postponed goals or initiatives, update them and put them back in their personal agenda, even if they were apparently abandoned. With these important goals in mind, such individuals find the necessary resources to self-motivate and invest in the effort to achieve those distant goals over time.
The results provided by the EPM Questionnaire can be relevant for activity in the educational field (motivational persistence and success/dropout in learning; setting ambitious long-term goals and academic success/failure, etc.), in the clinical-psychotherapeutic field (motivational predisposition of the client and its effect on the success of the therapeutic intervention; treatment adherence and motivational persistence, etc.) or from the organizational field (identification of candidates or employees with ambitious/modest goals, estimation of motivational persistence in complex, long-term tasks, identification of employees resistant to simple activities, routine etc.).
In the conceptual model underlying the construction of the EPM, motivational involvement (what attracts us, motivates us) is seen as a distinct component from motivational persistence (the latter occurring only after the decision of motivational involvement is made) which involves the activation of all resources (including those that provide "motivation re-fuelling") in the effort directed towards achieving the proposed objectives, despite obstacles, routine, stress, fatigue or other distracting factors.
The long version of the EPM questionnaire (new version) consists of 30 items, also answered on a 5-step scale, and ensures the identification of six factors: ambition (setting ambitious goals); determination (pursuing long-term goals); planning (preparation of daily activities); implementation (realization of daily tasks); recurrence (re-actualization of unachieved goals); self-discipline (monitoring and self-restraint).
High scores on the general dimension of motivational persistence (the global score) are representative of people who always find resources to fuel their motivation in the effort to achieve ambitious goals, such as the ones that require dedication or constant effort over time. Such people accept the challenge of difficult tasks and manage to stay focused on daily/current activities even after the tasks become unpleasant or less interesting. They frequently return to or think about postponed goals or initiatives, update them and put them back in their personal agenda, even if they were apparently abandoned. With these important goals in mind, such individuals find the necessary resources to self-motivate and invest in the effort to achieve those distant goals over time.
The results provided by the EPM Questionnaire can be relevant for activity in the educational field (motivational persistence and success/dropout in learning; setting ambitious long-term goals and academic success/failure, etc.), in the clinical-psychotherapeutic field (motivational predisposition of the client and its effect on the success of the therapeutic intervention; treatment adherence and motivational persistence, etc.) or from the organizational field (identification of candidates or employees with ambitious/modest goals, estimation of motivational persistence in complex, long-term tasks, identification of employees resistant to simple activities, routine etc.).
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