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- Title
Revisión de la Escala del Locus Percibido de Causalidad (PLOC) para la Inclusión de la Medida de la Regulación Integrada en Educación Física.
- Authors
Ferriz, Roberto; González-Cutre, David; Sicilia, Álvaro
- Abstract
The aim of this study was to add the measure of integrated regulation in physical education to the Perceived Locus of Causality Scale (PLOC). Eight hundred and fifty eight first-year post-compulsory secondary school students, mean age 16.72 years, participated in this study. Confirmatory factor analysis showed acceptable goodness-of-fit indices for the new version of the scale, revealing an invariant factor structure across gender and students' city of origin. Integrated regulation obtained high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = .93) and temporal stability (ICC = .87). The criterion validity analysis showed that integrated regulation was the only type of motivation which significantly predicted physical activity participation, with a positive regression weight. This new instrument helps to better understand the motivational processes that take place in physical education classes and their relationships with students' lifestyle. Nevertheless, some limitations were identified that should be addressed in future research.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL education; SELF-determination theory; PSYCHOMETRICS; PHYSICAL activity; GOODNESS-of-fit tests
- Publication
Journal of Sport Psychology / Revista de Psicología del Deporte, 2015, Vol 24, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1132-239X
- Publication type
Article