Confirmation of the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale (BPNES) With a Sample of People who do Healthy Exercise

This study aimed to cross-validate the psychometric properties of the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale (BPNES) by Vlachopoulos and Michailidou, 2006 in a Spanish context. Two studies were conducted. Confirmatory factor analysis results confirmed the hypothesized three-factor solution In a...

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Published in:Journal of sports science & medicine 2012-03, Vol.11 (1), p.141-146
Main Authors: Moreno-Murcia, Juan A, Martínez-Galindo, Celestina, Moreno-Pérez, Víctor, Marcos, Pablo J, Borges, Fernanda
Format: Article
Language:English
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College professors
Employment
Exercise
Gender
Health aspects
Indexing in process
Kinesiology
Motivation
Physical education
Physical fitness
Psychological aspects
Psychometrics
Quality of life
Quantitative psychology
Social psychology
Sports medicine
Sports psychology
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Summary:This study aimed to cross-validate the psychometric properties of the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale (BPNES) by Vlachopoulos and Michailidou, 2006 in a Spanish context. Two studies were conducted. Confirmatory factor analysis results confirmed the hypothesized three-factor solution In addition, we documented evidence of reliability, analysed as internal consistency and temporal stability. Future studies should analyse the scale's validity and reliability with different populations and check their experimental effect. Key pointsThe Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale (BPNES) is valid and reliable for measuring basic psychological needs in healthy physical exercise in the Spanish context.The factor structure of three correlated factors has shown minimal invariance across gender.
ISSN:1303-2968
1303-2968