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Translation, reliability and validity of the job satisfaction scale in a sample of Portuguese fitness professionals

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This study aimed to translate and validate the job satisfaction scale (JSS) to Portuguese fitness professionals. A total of 418 fitness professionals (210 male; 208 female) with an average age of 30.9 ± 6.5 years and a professional experience of 7.72 ± 9.1 years participated in this study. Before conducting a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), we designed a test-retest analysis to determine reliability. Cronbach’s alpha demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency (.96), which revealed a high degree of temporal reliability. The confirmatory analyses supported a unidimensional model (1 factor/16 item) of the JSS in terms of model adequacy coefficients. In conclusion, we found that the measurement model (1 factor/16 items) of the translation and validation of the JSS for Portuguese fitness professionals had highly acceptable psychometric properties and can be used in future to access their job satisfaction.

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  1. Sport Science School of Rio Maior, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Santarém, Portugal

    Liliana Ramos, Isabel Vieira, Susana Franco & Vera Simões

  2. Life Quality Research Centre, CIEQV, Santarém, Portugal

    Liliana Ramos, Isabel Vieira, Susana Franco & Vera Simões

  3. Department of Sports Sciences, University of Beira Interior UBI, Covilhã, Portugal

    Liliana Ramos, Dulce Esteves & Isabel Vieira

  4. Research Centre in Sport, Health and Human Development, CIDESD, Vila Real, Portugal

    Dulce Esteves

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Ramos, L., Esteves, D., Vieira, I. et al. Translation, reliability and validity of the job satisfaction scale in a sample of Portuguese fitness professionals. Curr Psychol 41, 6260–6266 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01116-1

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