Abstract

ARIAS-ESTERO, José Luis; ALONSO, José Ignacio  and  YUSTE, Juan Luis. Psychometric Properties and Results of Enjoyment and Perceived Competence Scale in Youth Basketball. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.3, pp.945-956. ISSN 1657-9267.

The aims of this study were: (a) to know the psychometric properties from a scale that allowed to measure enjoyment and perceived competence in youth basketball, and (b) to verify these measures in the same population. Sixty hundred sixty seven player (M = 10.62; SD = 0.78) from 52 teams were participants. Twelve experts assessed the content and 20 children the understanding. An exploratory factor analysis, a confirmatory factor analysis and a reliability analysis using Cronbach's alpha, h index, and intraclass correlation coefficient were carried out. The tool is valid and reliable to measure youth basketball enjoyment and perceived competence. The participants showed higher values of enjoyment and perceived competence, without differences by gender or age.

Keywords : Motivation; physical activity; youth sport; sport adherence; sport teaching; validation; Psychometry; Factor Analysis; Validity; Reliability.

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