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This study aimed to test whether the Behavioral Regulation in Sport Questionnaire and the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire can measure the same constructs in an equivalent manner. Advanced statistical procedures were used to examine if these scales could be interchangeably applied to the sport and the exercise context. In total, 2256 individuals (athletes = 1099; exercisers = 1157) completed translated and validated questionnaires measuring all types of motivation based on Self-Determination Theory. Several measurement models were tested, such as confirmatory factor models, exploratory structural equation models, and bifactor specifications. The exploratory structural equation modelling approach provided the best fit to the data in both groups. Multigroup analysis was performed within samples and between athletes and exercisers. Measurement model invariance was confirmed between samples from the same context; however, it did not achieve equivalence between scales. We hope this examination of context invariance analysis using specific validated scales can further help advance conceptual understanding of the measurement in sport and exercise.
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This work was supported by the National Funding through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., under the Project UID/DTP/04045/2019 for the authors Luís Cid and Diogo Monteiro; and under the Project UIDP/04748/2020 for the author Filipe Rodrigues.
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Rodrigues, F., Macedo, R., Teixeira, D. et al. Motivation in sport and exercise: a comparison between the BRSQ and BREQ. Qual Quant 54, 1335–1350 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-020-00988-6
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