TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and initial validation of the Psychological Need Frustration Scale for Physical Activity
AU - Chung, Pak-Kwong
AU - Zhong, Tao
AU - Liu, Jing Dong
AU - Zhang, Chunqing
AU - Wong, Ming Yu Claudia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Chung et al.
PY - 2020/5/28
Y1 - 2020/5/28
N2 - Background. The frustration of basic psychological needs can be detrimental to people’s health. To date, a scale developed specifically for measuring such perceived negative experiences, derived from a need thwarting environment in the physical activity context, is lacking. The present research attempted to develop and validate the Psychological Need Frustration Scale for Physical Activity (PNFS-PA) grounded in self-determination theory via multiple studies. Method. In Study 1, an item pool was created, and its face and content validity were established. In Study 2, the factor structure of the scale was demonstrated using exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM). In Study 3, its factor structure was cross-validated. Also, the nomological validity, reliability and measurement invariance of the scale were established. Result. Taken together, the research suggests the newly developed PNFS-PA is valid and reliable and can be applied to assess psychological needs frustration experiences in the physical activity context.
AB - Background. The frustration of basic psychological needs can be detrimental to people’s health. To date, a scale developed specifically for measuring such perceived negative experiences, derived from a need thwarting environment in the physical activity context, is lacking. The present research attempted to develop and validate the Psychological Need Frustration Scale for Physical Activity (PNFS-PA) grounded in self-determination theory via multiple studies. Method. In Study 1, an item pool was created, and its face and content validity were established. In Study 2, the factor structure of the scale was demonstrated using exploratory structural equation modelling (ESEM). In Study 3, its factor structure was cross-validated. Also, the nomological validity, reliability and measurement invariance of the scale were established. Result. Taken together, the research suggests the newly developed PNFS-PA is valid and reliable and can be applied to assess psychological needs frustration experiences in the physical activity context.
KW - Basic psychological needs theory
KW - Exploratory structural equation modelling
KW - Instrument development
KW - Self-determination theory
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U2 - 10.7717/peerj.9210
DO - 10.7717/peerj.9210
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85090047760
SN - 2167-8359
JO - PeerJ
JF - PeerJ
IS - 8
M1 - e9210
ER -