Psychometric Properties of the Coach-Created Empowering and Disempowering Motivational Climate Questionnaire (EDMCQ-C) in a Brazilian Sample of Athletes: An ESEM Approach-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

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

Published:2023-03-07 Issue:6 Volume:15 Page:4709
ISSN:2071-1050
Container-title:Sustainability
language:en
Short-container-title:Sustainability

Author:

Angelo Daniela Lopes¹^ORCID,Duda Joan L.²,Balaguer Isabel³,Rosado Antônio⁴^ORCID,Corrêa Mariana¹,Anunciação Luis⁵^ORCID,Tutte Veronica⁶^ORCID,Júnior Marcelo Villas Boas¹^ORCID,Bossio Mário Reyes⁷^ORCID,Brandão Regina¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Post Graduation Programme in Physical Education, São Judas Tadeu University, São Paulo 05503-001, Brazil

2. School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK

3. Unidad de Investigación en Psicología del Deporte, Universitat de València, 46010 València, Spain

4. Faculty of Human Movement, Lisbon University, 1649-004 Lisboa, Portugal

5. Departamento de Psicologia, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro 22451-040, Brazil

6. Departamento de Bienestar y Salud, Universidad Católica de Uruguay, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay

7. Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima 15023, Peru

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.

Funder

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brazil

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Geography, Planning and Development,Building and Construction

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/6/4709/pdf

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