Analysis of the Psychometric Properties of Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire and Its Relationship to Physical Activity and Gender Using Structural Equation Modelling

Félix Zurita Ortega, Manuel Castro Sánchez, Ramón Chacón Cuberos, Javier Cachón Zagalaz, Cristian Cofré Bolados, Emily Knox and José Joaquín Muros
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Félix Zurita Ortega: Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Manuel Castro Sánchez: Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Ramón Chacón Cuberos: Department of Integrated Didactics, University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
Javier Cachón Zagalaz: Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain
Cristian Cofré Bolados: School of Sciences of Physical Activity, Sport and Health ECIADES, University of Santiago de Chile, Santiago de Chile 9170022, Chile
Emily Knox: School of Health Sciences, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
José Joaquín Muros: Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-13

Abstract: (1) Background: Different authors have established that each type of motivation to sports can favor healthy habits in men and women, being important to promote more self-determined motivations. (2) Methods: The present study was designed to assess selected psychometric properties of the Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire and study the relationship between motivational climate, physical activity and gender in adolescents. Research was conducted with a sample of 2134 Spanish children (12.5 ± 1.4 years). (3) Results: The final scale was formed of two factors. The fit of factor 1 (ego climate) was 0.867, the fit for factor 2 was 0.851 (task climate) and the overall fit was 0.765. Structural equation modelling identified a negative relationship between ego climate and task climate. This relationship was strong in women. A direct relationship was found between the ego climate and task climate in relation to physical activity in men and women. Nevertheless, this positive relationship was stronger in men. (4) Conclusions: PMCSQ-2 test is a good instrument to measure the motivation towards sports practice. Moreover, it is important to promote adaptive types of motivation in physical education classes in order to generate pleasure for learning and long-term physical activity engagement.

Keywords: physical activity; sport; motivation; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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