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The behavioral regulation in exercise questionnaire (BREQ-4): psychometric evidence of introjected approach regulation in Portuguese health club exercisers
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The assessment of motivation has been a key aspect to the understanding of exercise participation, and research
grounded in self-determination theory has presented valid and reliable instruments for that purpose. Given the
need to continually refine this latent construct, the present study aimed to translate, adapt, and psychometrically
validate a subscale targeting the approach facet of introjection, and to test the pattern of associations between
motives for practice, basic psychological needs satisfaction/frustration, and behavioral regulations encompassing
the validated introjection subscale, in a sample of health club exercisers.
For that purpose, two studies were developed with a total of 1216 health club exercisers. In Study I (n = 806),
Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling analysis to test the motivational
continuum encompassing the introjected approach subscale were performed. In Study II (n = 410) associations
and structural models between intrinsic and extrinsic goal contents, basic psychological needs satisfaction and
frustration, and behavioral regulations with the new subscale were tested.
The correlated seven-factor model with 21 items in Study I displayed good psychometric properties (CFA: χ2 =
481.977 (168), p < .001, CFI = 0.936, TLI = 0.915, SRMR = 0.037, RMSEA = 0.048; ESEM: χ2 = 178.672 (84), p
< .001, CFI = 0.980, TLI = 0.949, SRMR = 0.014, RMSEA = 0.037). The introjected approach regulation added
to the preexisting factorial structure did not affect the validity and reliability of the instrument. The results from
Study II supported a theoretically expected pattern of associations, in which the introjected regulation of
approach is positioned between introjected avoidance and identified regulation along the motivational contin uum. Additionally, path estimates depicted criterion validity for the new subscale. All in all, this work presents
preliminary evidence for an introjected approach regulation subscale that can be used in health club practices for
a better understanding of the motivational quality of exercise practice.
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motivation self-determination theory behavioral regulation exercise introjected approach BREQ-4
Citation
Teixeira, D.S.; Rodrigues, F.; Monteiro, D. & Cid, L. (2022).The behavioral regulation in exercise questionnaire (BREQ-4): psychometric evidence of introjected approach regulation in portuguese health club exercisers. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 63. Doi10.1016/j.psychsport.2022.102286
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Elsevier