Validation of the motivation scale towards Health-Oriented physical activity (EMAPS) in Spanish Population

Higinio González-García; Guillaume Martinent; Marta Vega-Díaz

doi:10.1007/s12144-022-03766-9

Validation of the motivation scale towards Health-Oriented physical activity (EMAPS) in Spanish Population

Curr Psychol. 2022 Nov 11:1-13. doi: 10.1007/s12144-022-03766-9. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Higinio González-García¹, Guillaume Martinent², Marta Vega-Díaz³

Affiliations

¹ TECNODEF Research Group, Faculty of Education, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Logroño (La Rioja), Spain.
² Laboratory of Vulnerabilities and Innovation in Sport (EA 7428), University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Interdisciplinary Research Confederation in Sport (FED 4272), Villeurbanne, France.
³ Faculty of Education, University of Coruña, Lugo, Spain.

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the motivation scale towards health-oriented physical activity (EMAPS) in the Spanish Population. A sample of 808 participants (Mage = 33.90; SD = 12.91; 366 men and 440 women), participated to ensure the structural, methodological, and external correlates of EMAPS scale validation. Results of the structural stage of analyses confirmed 6 dimensions of EMAPS (i.e., intrinsic motivation, integrated regulation, identified regulation, introjected regulation, external regulation and amotivation). In conclusion, results provided evidence for the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the EMAPS scores. Thus, this instrument may serve to provide a measure of the motivation towards health-oriented physical activity purposes in the Spanish population.

Keywords: Adults; Cfa; Esem; Health.

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