Table 6.

Subscales and questions from the “Intrinsic Motivation Inventory” (IMI; Reynolds 2007). (R) indicates questions that were reversed when averaged in the analysis

Subscale	Question
Interest/Enjoyment	I enjoyed doing this activity very much
	This activity was fun to do
	I thought this was a boring activity (R)
	This activity did not hold my attention at all (R)
	I would describe this activity as very interesting
	I thought this activity was quite enjoyable
	While I was doing this activity, I was thinking about how much I enjoyed it
Perceived Competence	I think I am pretty good at this activity
	I think I did pretty well at this activity, compared to other students
	After working at this activity for a while, I felt pretty competent
	I am satisfied with my performance at this task
	I was pretty skilled at this activity
	This was an activity that I couldn’t do very well (R)
Effort/Importance	I put a lot of effort into this
	I didn’t try very hard to do well at this activity (R)
	I tried very hard on this activity
	It was important to me to do well at this task
	I didn’t put much energy into this (R)
Pressure/Tension	I did not feel nervous at all while doing this (R)
	I felt very tense while doing this activity
	I was very relaxed in doing these (R)
	I was anxious while working on this task
	I felt pressured while doing these
Relatedness	I felt really distant to this person (R)
	I really doubt that this person and I would ever be friends (R)
	I felt like I could really trust this person
	I’d like a chance to interact with this person more often
	I’d really prefer not to interact with this person in the future (R)
	I don’t feel like I could really trust this person (R)
	It is likely that this person and I could become friends if we interacted a lot
	I feel close to this person