Construction and validation of a new measure of motivation toward volunteerism.
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Abstract
Cet article présente les résultats de trois études dont l’objectif était de construire et de valider un instrument mesurant les motivations sous-jacentes au bénévolat, soit l’Échelle de motivation envers l’action bénévole (ÉMAB). L’ÉMAB est constituée de huit sous-échelles mesurant les motivations suivantes : Motivation Intrinsèque Altruiste, Régulation Intégrée Altruiste, Régulation Identifiée Altruiste, Régulation Introjectée Altruiste, Motivation Intrinsèque Égoïste (reliée au plaisir de la connaissance), Régulation Identifiée Égoïste, Régulation Externe Égoïste (reliée à l’acquisition d’une expérience pertinente à l’emploi et au prestige social) et Amotivation. Dans l’ensemble, les résultats indiquent que l’ÉMAB bénéficie de niveaux de cohérence interne et de stabilité temporelle adéquats. En outre, les résultats d’une analyse factorielle confirmatoire corroborent la structure en huit facteurs de l’ÉMAB. De plus, la validité de construit des diverses sous-échelles de l’ÉMAB est étayée relativement à des variables reliées à la dimension d’autodétermination, aux dimensions d’altruisme et d’égoïsme, et à la qualité de l’implication bénévole. Les présents résultats attestent de la validité et de la fidélité de l’ÉMAB qui semble donc prête à être utilisée au niveau de la recherche. À cet effet, des pistes d’utilisation de l’ÉMAB sont offertes tant sur le plan théorique que sur le plan appliqué.ABSTRACTThis article presents the results of three studies which had for purpose the construction and validation of a new measure of motivation toward volunteerism, namely the « Échelle de motivation envers l’action bénévole (ÉMAB) ». The ÉMAB is composed of eight subscales assessing the following types of motivation : Altruistic Intrinsic Motivation, Altruistic Integrated Regulation, Altruistic Identified Regulation, Altruistic Introjected Regulation, Egoistic Intrinsic Motivation (associated with the pleasure of acquiring knowledge), Egoistic Identified Regulation, Egoistic External Regulation (associated with gaining work-related experience and social prestige), and Amotivation. Overall, results reveal that the ÉMAB displays adequate levels of internal consistency as well as satisfying indices of temporal stability. Results of a confirmatory factor analysis also confirm the 8-factor structure of the ÉMAB. In addition, the construct validity of the ÉMAB’s subscales is supported in relation with variables pertaining to the dimensions of self-determination, altruism and egoism, as well as with variables related to the quality of one’s volunteer implication. It thus appears that the ÉMAB is ready to be used in volunteerism research. To this effect, we propose future directions pertaining to both theoretical and applied research.RESUMENEste artículo presenta los resultados de tres estudios cuyo objetivo era de construir y validar un instrumento que mida las motivaciones subyacentes al voluntariado, sea la Escala de motivación hacia la acción benévola (EMAB). La EMAB está constituida de 8 subescalas que miden las motivaciones siguientes : Motivación Intrínseca Altruista, Regulación Integrada Altruista, Regulación Identificada Altruista, Regulación Interiorizada Altruista, Motivación Intrínseca Egoísta (ligada al placer del conocimiento), Regulación Identificada Egoísta, Regulación Externa Egoísta (ligada a la adquisición de una experiencia pertinente al empleo y al prestigio social), y Desmotivación. En conjunto, los resultados indican que la EMAB beneficia de niveles de coherencia interna y de estabilidad temporal adecuados. Además, los resultados de un análisis factorial confirmatorio corroboran la estructura en ocho factores de la EMAB. Por añadidura, la validez de la construcción de diversas subescalas de la EMAB es sostenida relativamente por variables ligadas a la dimensión de autodeterminación, a las dimensiones de altruismo y de egoísmo, y a la calidad de la implicación benévola. Los presentes resultados atestan de la validez y de la fidelidad de la EMAB que parece lista a ser utilizada a nivel de la investigación. Con este fin, las pistas de utilización de la EMAB son ofrecidas tanto sobre el plan teórico que sobre el plan aplicado.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.019 | 0.041 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".