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In sports context, the motivational climate has been widely studied since 2000, when the Perceived Motivational Climate in Sports Questionnaire-2 (PMCSQ-2) was published. Evaluating athletes' perceptions of the motivational climate created by the coach, this questionnaire has been validated and adapted for different countries, including Brazil. However, important psychometric properties of the Brazilian version present problems, such as poor fit indices and the almost exclusively male samples, make it unfeasible for use in future research. Thus, this study aimed to achieve a new process of cross-cultural adaptation, and search for validity evidence of the PMCSQ-2 for the Brazilian sports context to correct distortions, expand the sources of evidence of validity and ecological validity, and make it suitable for application in future research. The sample consisted of 501 athletes (349 males, 152 females) from different sports. The findings of the current study support the multidimensional hierarchical characteristic of the instrument, its factorial structure, and internal consistency. We concluded that the 33-item PMCSQ-2BR, distributed in two high-order scales (ego-involving and task-involving) with three subscales each, can be used to assess athletes' perceived motivational climate in the Brazilian sports context.
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In sports context, the motivational climate has been widely studied since 2000, when the Perceived Motivational Climate in Sports Questionnaire-2 (PMCSQ-2) was published. Evaluating athletes' perceptions of the motivational climate created by the coach, this questionnaire has been validated and adapted for different countries, including Brazil. However, important psychometric properties of the Brazilian version present problems, such as poor fit indices and the almost exclusively male samples, make it unfeasible for use in future research. Thus, this study aimed to achieve a new process of cross-cultural adaptation, and search for validity evidence of the PMCSQ-2 for the Brazilian sports context to correct distortions, expand the sources of evidence of validity and ecological validity, and make it suitable for application in future research. The sample consisted of 501 athletes (349 males, 152 females) from different sports. The findings of the current study support the multidimensional hierarchical characteristic of the instrument, its factorial structure, and internal consistency. We concluded that the 33-item PMCSQ-2BR, distributed in two high-order scales (ego-involving and task-involving) with three subscales each, can be used to assess athletes' perceived motivational climate in the Brazilian sports context. (AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Cross-Cultural Comparison , Surveys and Questionnaires , Reproducibility of Results , Athletes/psychology , Motivation , Psychometrics , Translating , Brazil , Psychology, Sports/instrumentationABSTRACT
Resumo O objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar evidências de validade convergente e incremental da versão brasileira do Inventário de Organização da Personalidade (IPO-Br), sendo este um instrumento que avalia o funcionamento patológico da personalidade. Participaram do estudo 170 indivíduos, sendo 61,2% pacientes em atendimento psiquiátrico ou psicológico. Comparou-se a diferença das médias dos grupos clínico e não-clínico. Foram realizadas também análises correlacionais e multivariadas entre o IPO-Br e as dimensões da Bateria Fatorial da Personalidade (BFP), baseada no modelo dos Cinco Grandes Fatores de Personalidade. Foram encontradas correlações positivas, moderadas a altas, entre os fatores do IPO-Br com o fator Neuroticismo. Além disso, as facetas da BFP explicaram entre 27 a 68% da variância dos fatores do IPO-Br. O IPO-Br também mostrou-se capaz de diferenciar pessoas com e sem indicadores psicopatológicos, assim como de incrementar explicação para a severidade dos sintomas psiquiátricos para além da explicação dada pelos fatores da BFP, indicando adequadas evidências de validade e utilidade clínica do IPO-Br.
Resumen El presente estudio investigó evidencias de validez convergente e incremental de la versión brasileña del Inventario de Organización de la Personalidad (IPO-Br), un instrumento que evalúa el funcionamiento patológico de la personalidad. Participaron 170 personas, siendo el 61,2% pacientes en tratamiento psiquiátrico o psicológico. Se compararon las medias de las diferencias en los grupos clínicos y no clínicos, y se realizaron análisis de correlación y multivariado entre el IPO-Br y la Bateria Fatorial da Personalidade (BFP). Se encontraron correlaciones, positivas moderadas a altas entre los factores del IPO-Br con Neuroticismo. Además, las facetas de BFP explicaron entre el 27-68% de la varianza de los factores del IPO-Br. El IPO-Br también demostró ser capaz de diferenciar personas con y sin indicadores psicopatológicos y de incrementar la explicación para la severidad psiquiátrica de la personalidad más allá de la explicación dada por el BFP, lo que indica una evidencia adecuada de la validez y la utilidad clínica del IPO-Br.
Abstract The aim of the present study was to investigate evidences of convergent and incremental validity for the Brazilian version of the Inventory of Personality Organization (IPO-Br), an instrument that evaluates pathological functioning of personality. The sample included 170 individuals of which 61.2% were patients attending psychiatric or psychological treatment. The average difference for clinical and non-clinical groups were compared, and correlational and multivariate analyses were performed between the IPO-Br and of the Bateria Fatorial da Personalidade, a Brazilian measure of the Five-Factor Model (FFM). Moderate to high positive correlations were found between the IPO-Br factors and the Neuroticism dimension. In addition, the FFM explained between 27 and 68% of the variance of the IPO-Br factors. The IPO-Br was also able to differentiate people with and without psychopathological indicators, as well as capable to increment the explanation of psychiatric severity beyond the explanation given by the FFM, indicating adequate evidences of validity and clinical utility of the IPO-Br.
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Tendo em vista a proposta e a quantidade de medidas provenientes do PMK, foram colocados como objeto de análise os estudos de evidência de validade fornecidos pelo Manual. De fato, o interesse é buscar os fundamentos da interpretabilidade dos resultados de um instrumento com uma pretensão dessa magnitude. Como resultado, encontrou-se que as análises fatoriais realizadas não fornecem subsídios para a estrutura proposta para a interpretação das distintas medidas do PMK. Ao lado disso, os estudos com grupo-critério apresentados é, quando muito, incipiente e não fornece evidências de interpretabilidade para quase nenhum dos denominados seis fatores. As evidências apresentadas são confusas, há incoerências entre correlação e análise de variância e a interpretabilidade do teste não fica demonstrada pelas pesquisas.
Considering the proposal and amount of measures concerning with the PMK, the analysis of the studies of evidence of validity supplied by the Manual were placed under investigation. In fact, the interest is to search for foundations of the interpretability of the results of a test with a pretentiousness of this magnitude. As a result, the factorial analyzes do not support the proposed structure for the interpretation of the different measures of the PMK. Besides, the presented studies with criterion group were as much as incipient and do not furnish evidences of interpretability for almost none of the named six factors. The showed evidences are confusing, there are incoherencies between the concept of correlation and variance analysis and the interpretability of the test is not demonstrated by the researches.
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Psychological TestsABSTRACT
Tendo em vista a proposta e a quantidade de medidas provenientes do PMK, foram colocados como objeto de análise os estudos de evidência de validade fornecidos pelo Manual. De fato, o interesse é buscar os fundamentos da interpretabilidade dos resultados de um instrumento com uma pretensão dessa magnitude. Como resultado, encontrou-se que as análises fatoriais realizadas não fornecem subsídios para a estrutura proposta para a interpretação das distintas medidas do PMK. Ao lado disso, os estudos com grupo-critério apresentados é, quando muito, incipiente e não fornece evidências de interpretabilidade para quase nenhum dos denominados seis fatores. As evidências apresentadas são confusas, há incoerências entre correlação e análise de variância e a interpretabilidade do teste não fica demonstrada pelas pesquisas.(AU)
Considering the proposal and amount of measures concerning with the PMK, the analysis of the studies of evidence of validity supplied by the Manual were placed under investigation. In fact, the interest is to search for foundations of the interpretability of the results of a test with a pretentiousness of this magnitude. As a result, the factorial analyzes do not support the proposed structure for the interpretation of the different measures of the PMK. Besides, the presented studies with criterion group were as much as incipient and do not furnish evidences of interpretability for almost none of the named six factors. The showed evidences are confusing, there are incoherencies between the concept of correlation and variance analysis and the interpretability of the test is not demonstrated by the researches.(AU)