title: Examination of the psychometric properties of the perceived motivational climate in sport questionnaire-2 in a sample of female athletes.
abstract: We undertook two studies to determine the validity and reliability of the revised Perceived Motivational Climate in Sport Questionnaire (PMCSQ-2). In Study 1, 201 female athletes (mean age 16.4 years) were administered the initial version of the PMCSQ-2 and a measure of reported tension and pressure experienced in sport. Exploratory principal component analysis suggested that the PMCSQ-2 contained two higher-order scales (Task-Involving and Ego-Involving climates), each with three subscales (Task: Cooperative Learning, Effort/ Improvement, Important Role; Ego: Intra-Team Member Rivalry, Unequal Recognition, Punishment for Mistakes). In Study 2, 385 female volleyball players (mean age 15.2 years) completed the PMCSQ-2, the Intrinsic Motivation Inventory and a measure of Team Satisfaction. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to six competing models. The oblique six-factor model and oblique hierarchical model provided comparable fit to the data. Acceptable fit was reached based on model respecification. Across Studies 1 and 2, internal consistency was found to be acceptable for the higher-order scales and subscales (with the exception of the Intra-Team Member Rivalry subscale). We found evidence for the concurrent validity of the instrument.
authors.affiliation: Department of HPHP, University of New Orleans, LA 70148, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Duda
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001484:Baseball / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis