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Validation and adaptation of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) in fitness group exercisers

BACKGROUND: Recently, Mullen et al. (2011) presented an 8-item version of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) that provides a valid instrument for assessing enjoyment in physical activity. The present paper investigated the psychometric properties of a Portuguese adaptation of PACES. METHO...

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Autores principales: Teques, Pedro, Calmeiro, Luís, Silva, Carlos, Borrego, Carla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shanghai University of Sport 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32768128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2017.09.010
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author Teques, Pedro
Calmeiro, Luís
Silva, Carlos
Borrego, Carla
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Silva, Carlos
Borrego, Carla
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description BACKGROUND: Recently, Mullen et al. (2011) presented an 8-item version of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) that provides a valid instrument for assessing enjoyment in physical activity. The present paper investigated the psychometric properties of a Portuguese adaptation of PACES. METHODS: After a process of back-to-back translation into Portuguese, 395 members of fitness centers who ranged in age from 18 to 66 years (31.11 ± 8.90, mean ± SD) completed the translated version of the PACES. On average, participants had 3.2 years of experience in fitness group classes and practiced for approximately 3.3 times per week. RESULTS: An initial exploratory factor analysis (n = 139) revealed a unidimensional structure with factor loadings ranging from 0.79 to 0.89. Results also showed acceptable internal consistency. A confirmatory factor analysis in an independent sample (n = 256) provided additional support for the unidimensional structure of the questionnaire. In addition, moderate positive correlations between enjoyment and intrinsic and identified regulation, and moderate negative correlations between enjoyment and external and amotivation, demonstrate the convergent validity of the instrument. Finally, measurement invariance between 2 independent samples was also found. CONCLUSION: The 8-item Portuguese version of PACES is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring enjoyment of physical activity in Portuguese adult fitness exercisers, and it is therefore suitable to use as a measure of affect in exercise adherence interventions studies.
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spelling pubmed-74110912020-08-12 Validation and adaptation of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) in fitness group exercisers Teques, Pedro Calmeiro, Luís Silva, Carlos Borrego, Carla J Sport Health Sci Regular paper BACKGROUND: Recently, Mullen et al. (2011) presented an 8-item version of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) that provides a valid instrument for assessing enjoyment in physical activity. The present paper investigated the psychometric properties of a Portuguese adaptation of PACES. METHODS: After a process of back-to-back translation into Portuguese, 395 members of fitness centers who ranged in age from 18 to 66 years (31.11 ± 8.90, mean ± SD) completed the translated version of the PACES. On average, participants had 3.2 years of experience in fitness group classes and practiced for approximately 3.3 times per week. RESULTS: An initial exploratory factor analysis (n = 139) revealed a unidimensional structure with factor loadings ranging from 0.79 to 0.89. Results also showed acceptable internal consistency. A confirmatory factor analysis in an independent sample (n = 256) provided additional support for the unidimensional structure of the questionnaire. In addition, moderate positive correlations between enjoyment and intrinsic and identified regulation, and moderate negative correlations between enjoyment and external and amotivation, demonstrate the convergent validity of the instrument. Finally, measurement invariance between 2 independent samples was also found. CONCLUSION: The 8-item Portuguese version of PACES is a valid and reliable instrument for measuring enjoyment of physical activity in Portuguese adult fitness exercisers, and it is therefore suitable to use as a measure of affect in exercise adherence interventions studies. Shanghai University of Sport 2020-07 2017-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7411091/ /pubmed/32768128 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2017.09.010 Text en © 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Shanghai University of Sport. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Validation and adaptation of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) in fitness group exercisers
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title_fullStr Validation and adaptation of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) in fitness group exercisers
title_full_unstemmed Validation and adaptation of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) in fitness group exercisers
title_short Validation and adaptation of the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES) in fitness group exercisers
title_sort validation and adaptation of the physical activity enjoyment scale (paces) in fitness group exercisers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32768128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jshs.2017.09.010
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