title: The physical education predisposition scale: Preliminary tests of reliability and validity in Australian students.
abstract: The main aim of this study was to psychometrically test the Physical Education Predisposition Scale (PEPS) with a cohort of Australian students, to assess secondary school students' perceived PE ability and PE worth. Secondary aims were to explore how the two variables were related and to investigate age and gender differences. Altogether, 266 Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 students (aged 12-16 years), from four schools within the South Eastern region of Melbourne, completed the PEPS at both time points. Principal components analysis revealed the presence of a simple two-factor structure explaining 66.9% of the variance. Factor 1 (labelled perceived PE worth) reflected enjoyment and attitude (α = .91), and factor 2 (labelled perceived PE ability) represented perceptions of competence and self-efficacy (α = .92). Significant positive correlations were observed between the two factors (r = .50-.82, P < .001). Boys scored significantly higher than girls on perceived PE ability (P = .01), and year 7 students scored significantly higher compared to Year 9 students (P = .002). Our results support the potential of the PEPS as a concise measurement tool for use in the PE setting, for both teachers and researchers.
authors.affiliation: a College of Sport and Exercise Science, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL) , Victoria University , Footscray Park , Australia.
authors.forename: Toni A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Hilland
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Education , Monash University , Frankston , Australia.
authors.forename: Trent D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: c Department of Sport and Physical Activity , Edge Hill University , Ormskirk , UK.|d Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences , University of Limerick , Limerick , Ireland.
authors.forename: Stuart J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Fairclough
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001290:Attitude; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Reliability; perceived ability; perceived worth; physical education; validity