Adult reading motivation: A factor analysis study
Adult reading motivation: A factor analysis study

Summary/Abstract: This study aims primarily to explore the factor structure of the Adult Reading Mo- tivation Scale (ARMS) using a sample of EFL university students in Morocco. As part of a larger battery, a questionnaire on reading motivation (RM) and socio-biograph- ical data was completed by 180 participants of undergraduate and graduate level students. Using parallel analysis (PA) and minimum average partial (MAP) prior to exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with both oblique and orthogonal rotation meth- ods, a four-factor structure emerged showing mostly good construct reliability (composite reliability). Further, results also showed acceptable discriminant valid- ity using the Fornell-Larcker criterion and the Heterotrait-monotrait (HTMT) ratio despite insufficient convergent validity (average variance extracted). Overall, our findings were revealed to be comparable to previously reported results in existing literature. The study concludes by making recommendations for future research.

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