Motivational Persistence Scale (PS)

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1.    I often come up with new ideas on an older problem or project.
2.    I remain motivated even in activities that spread on several months.
3.    I have a good capacity to focus on daily tasks.
4.    From time to time I imagine ways to use opportunities that I have given up.
5.    Long term purposes motivate me to surmount day to day difficulties.
6.    Once I decide to do something‚ I am like a bulldog: I don’t give up until I reach the goal.
7.    Even though it doesn’t matter anymore‚ I keep thinking of personal aims that I had to give up.
8.    I purposefully pursue the achievement of the projects that I believe in.
9.    I continue a difficult task even when the others have already given up on it.
10.I often find myself thinking about older initiatives that I had abandoned.
11.I keep on investing time and effort in ideas and projects that require years of work and patience.
12.The more difficult a task is‚ the more determined I am to finish it.
13.It’s hard for me to detach from an important project that I had given up in favor of others.
Long-term purposes pursuing; Current purposes pursuing; Recurrence of unattained purposes
 
.79 .75 .76 .72 
1= very low degree to 5= very high degree
Long-term purposes pursuing (2‚ 5‚ 8‚ 11); Current purposes pursuing (3‚ 6‚ 9‚ 12); Recurrence of unattained purposes (1‚ 4‚ 7‚ 10‚ 13)
 
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mohammad looti (2026). Motivational Persistence Scale (PS). PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/motivational-persistence-scale-ps/

mohammad looti. "Motivational Persistence Scale (PS)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 23 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/motivational-persistence-scale-ps/.

mohammad looti. "Motivational Persistence Scale (PS)." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/motivational-persistence-scale-ps/.

mohammad looti (2026) 'Motivational Persistence Scale (PS)', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/motivational-persistence-scale-ps/.

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