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The Reiss Motivation Profile: What Motivates You book by Professor Steven Reiss has been updated and is now available for purchase in a digital format. What’s new:

  • A discussion of the basic desire for Beauty, which was largely missing from the first edition

  • A summary of the 2022 re-norming of the test including the evidence for the need for separate norms for Generation Z

  • Recent research studies that provide further support for the reliability and validity of the RMP

  • An expanded explanation of the 14 principles of Reiss’s theory of motivation.

         

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Reiss Motivation Profile® Versions

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RMP for Business

The Reiss Motivation Profile® for Business is a standardized, comprehensive assessment of an individual’s intrinsic motives, values, interests, and life goals. Based on The Science of Motivation®, the interpretive report discusses the implications of the person’s unique motivational profile for job performance and interpersonal relationships at work. The RMP for Business is used for leadership training, professional development, team building, conflict resolution, and succession planning.

Ages: The RMP for Business is normed for use with adults of any age.

Length: This self-report questionnaire consists of 128 items and takes about 15 – 20 minutes to complete.

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RMP for Sports

As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the Reiss Motivation Profile® for Sports provides a comprehensive assessment of what motivates an athlete. Based on The Science of Motivation®, the results enable coaches to help athletes motivate themselves for peak performance, manage their tendencies under the stress of competition, and understand the differences in values that underlie chronic conflicts with teammates. In the United States, the RMP for Sports has been used with amateur athletes as well as professional athletes from the National Football League, Major League Baseball, and the National Basketball Association. In Europe, the test has been administered to several professional soccer teams in addition to Olympic handball and weightlifting teams.

Ages: The RMP for Sports is normed for use with athletes ages 12 and older.

Length: This self-report questionnaire consists of 128 items and takes about 15 – 20 minutes to complete.

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Reiss School Motivation Profile®

The RSMP assesses 16 needs relevant to academic achievement, mindset, interpersonal relationships, and career interests. The results enable school psychologists to identify motivational reasons for poor grades and inappropriate behavior not related to a disability - and to plan effective interventions tailored to the student's individual needs. Teachers use the data to implement successful strategies to promote a positive mindset, while school counselors can offer students thoughtful advice about career choices based not only on the students’ skills but also on the students’ intrinsic motives.

Ages: The RSMP is normed for students ages 12 – 25.

Length: This self-report questionnaire consists of 128 items and takes about 15 – 20 minutes to complete. 

Qualified Users: Licensed educators such as school psychologists, school counselors, school social workers, or school administrators. 

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RMP for Self-Discovery

The Reiss Motivation Profile® for Self-Discovery helps people achieve enduring happiness. In the Science of Motivation®, true happiness comes from meaning, and meaning comes from pursuing a lifestyle that affirms an individual’s basic desires and values. The RMP for Self-Discovery assesses an individual’s most important needs, knowledge that can be used to identify sources of frustration – that is, intense needs that are not being met by current relationships, work, or hobbies – and that can empower the person to seek new avenues for satisfying his deepest desires. When used with two partners, the Reiss Motivation Profile® for Self-Discovery clarifies the intrinsic motives that bind the partners as well as those that cause chronic conflict due to opposing values.

Ages: The RMP for Self-Discovery is normed for use with adults of any age. 

Length: This self-report questionnaire consists of 128 items and takes about 15 – 20 minutes to complete.

Qualified Users: Licensed professionals such as psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, or marriage therapists.