Examining the Psychometric Properties of Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire among Chinese Collegiate Athletes / 中国运动医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To examine the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of behavioral regulation in sport questionnaire (BRSQ) among a sample of Chinese collegiate athletes.Methods The BRSQ was translated from English into Chinese using the translation and back translation approach.A sample of 334 Chinese collegiate athletes was invited to complete the questionnaire.Confirmatory factor analysis(CFA)and exploratory structure equation model(ESEM)approaches were used to examine the factor structure of the BRSQ.Moreover,the internal consistency reliability and nomological validity were examined.Results CFA results suggested that the 6-factor model(BRSQ-6)outperformed other measurement models.However,given the limitations of CFA approach in examining the factor structure of multidimensional instrument,ESEM was also used in this study because it could better present the underlying factor structure of the multidimensional scale.It was found that,as expected,the ESEM solution was better than CFA solution in representing the BRSQ-6 measurement model.The normological validity and internal consistency reliability of all BRSQ-6 subscales were also found acceptable.Conclusion In general,the BRSQ-6 Chinese version demonstrated satisfactory validity and reliability among Chinese collegiate athletes.It is noteworthy that unexpected cross-loading of some items have been identified,which implys that researchers should use the instrument with cautions.Future studies should be conducted to revise the problematic items.