“…The AMS has previously been assessed for factorial validity, reliability, measurement invariance across genders and areas of study in English-and French-speaking students (Grouzet et al, 2006) and in Italian-speaking students (Alivernini & Lucidi, 2008;Alivernini et al, 2017;Girelli, Alivernini, Salvatore, et al, 2018a;Girelli, Alivernini, Lucidi, et al, 2018b). The reason for using AMS to test criterion-validity of the SAES is that prior studies have thoroughly shown that engagement is associated with motivation for learning (e.g., Appleton et al, 2008;Senior et al, 2018).…”