Open AccessFactorial Structure of the Self-Report of Barriers for Practice of Physical Exercise Among Mexican Non Athlete University Students
Author(s) -
José René Blanco Ornelas,
Juan Francisco Aguirre Chávez,
Susana Ivonne Aguirre Vásquez,
Elia Verónica Benavides Pando,
Perla Jannet Jurado García
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
european scientific journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1857-7881
pISSN - 1857-7431
DOI - 10.19044/esj.2018.v14n20p77
Subject(s) - factorial analysis , factorial , reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , factorial experiment , confirmatory factor analysis , replicate , applied psychology , validity , clinical psychology , social psychology , mathematics , statistics , psychometrics , structural equation modeling , mathematical analysis , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
The present study intends to investigate if the psychometric results proposed by Niñerola, Capdevila and Pintanel (2006) for the Self-report of Barriers for Practice Physical Exercise (ABPEF) in Mexican university students are replicated. A total of 877 university students (mean age = 20.8 ± 2.5 years) participated. The factorial structure of the questionnaire was analyzed through confirmatory factorial analyzis, which showed that a four factor structure is feasible and adequate. The four factors (body image, fatigue, obligations and environment), according to statistical and substantive criteria, have shown adequate fit indicators of reliability and validity, which correspond to the structure proposed for the original questionnaire. In addition, the results of the factorial analyzis carried out with the subsamples, indicate the existence of strong evidence of the stability of the factorial structure. Further research should replicate these findings in larger samples.