ABSTRACT
This study aims to develop an achievement motivation scale for high school students that can reveal two tendencies: the hope for success and the fear of failure. This study uses a research and development design based on Gregory's development procedures. The population used is students from public high schools throughout Surabaya. The achievement motivation scale was developed based on McClelland's theoretical construct. Based on the results of exploratory factor analysis, the initial four dimensions/attributes were reduced to one dimension/attribute, namely the preference for challenging academic tasks to be completed. As for the results of the confirmatory factor analysis, 38 items on the achievement motivation scale have a loading factor value above 0.30, so it can be stated that all items are valid. So, it is concluded that the achievement motivation scale meets psychometric feasibility.
