MOTIVATION & EFFORT
AMI: Apathy & motivation
Self-generated motivation across behavioral, social and emotional domains.
● about 2 min
● scored on your device
● validated screener
Apathy–Motivation Index. Separates apathy from depression. Its Behavioural Activation subscale taps self-initiation — the core of auto-activation deficit, where the capacity to act is intact but the drive to start is not (a mesolimbic effort-gating problem, distinct from ADHD).
License: CC BY 4.0. A screener points at what is worth a closer look; a clinician makes a diagnosis.
Part of Spectra: free, private psychological self-tests, grouped by the mechanism underneath rather than by diagnostic label. Not sure where to start? Take the broad screen.