Psychometric Properties of the Coach-Created Empowering and Disempowering Motivational Climate Questionnaire (EDMCQ-C) in a Brazilian Sample of Athletes: An ESEM Approach

Daniela Lopes Angelo (), Joan L. Duda, Isabel Balaguer, Antônio Rosado, Mariana Corrêa, Luis Anunciação, Veronica Tutte, Marcelo Villas Boas Júnior, Mário Reyes Bossio and Regina Brandão
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Daniela Lopes Angelo: Post Graduation Programme in Physical Education, São Judas Tadeu University, São Paulo 05503-001, Brazil
Joan L. Duda: School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
Isabel Balaguer: Unidad de Investigación en Psicología del Deporte, Universitat de València, 46010 València, Spain
Antônio Rosado: Faculty of Human Movement, Lisbon University, 1649-004 Lisboa, Portugal
Mariana Corrêa: Post Graduation Programme in Physical Education, São Judas Tadeu University, São Paulo 05503-001, Brazil
Luis Anunciação: Departamento de Psicologia, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro 22451-040, Brazil
Veronica Tutte: Departamento de Bienestar y Salud, Universidad Católica de Uruguay, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay
Marcelo Villas Boas Júnior: Post Graduation Programme in Physical Education, São Judas Tadeu University, São Paulo 05503-001, Brazil
Mário Reyes Bossio: Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima 15023, Peru
Regina Brandão: Post Graduation Programme in Physical Education, São Judas Tadeu University, São Paulo 05503-001, Brazil

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-15

Abstract: The objectives of this study were to assess the psychometric properties of the Coach-created Empowering and Disempowering Motivational Climate Questionnaire (EDMCQ-C) by testing four different hypotheses. A procedure of translation and adaptation of the instrument between different languages and cultures was carried out. A total of 350 national level Brazilian athletes (aged between 15 and 17 years; mean = 17.0, SD = 1.7) completed the questionnaire. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Exploratory Structural Equation Modelling (ESEM) were performed. Consistent with previous work on the EDMCQ-C, all solutions failed to achieve suitable levels of fit for a hierarchical model represented by five climate dimensions (autonomy-supportive, controlling, task-involving, ego-involving, and socially-supportive) and two global dimensions (empowering and disempowering). The 2-ESEM solution provided a satisfactory fit for the first-order model with two global factors supported. The 2-ESEM version of the questionnaire showed adequate predictive and discriminant validity, good internal consistency, and invariance across gender. Such results suggest that the EDMCQ-C is a promising scale to assess Brazilian athletes’ perception of the over-arching empowering and disempowering features of the coach-created motivational climate.

Keywords: motivational climate; empowering coaching; disempowering coach behaviors; self-determination theory; achievement goal theory; basic psychological needs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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