In this study, it was aimed at developing a scale to measure the cycling
motivation sources of adults as physical health/exercise, social and emotional
motivation based on goal setting theory. To ensure the validity and reliability
of the scale the study included two separate study samples, the first of which
consisted of 305 adults aging from 18 to 70. With the data gained from this
first group of participants, the explanatory factor analysis is performed and
three factor structure is found to explain 57.02% of the variation. As the
reliability measure, internal consistency coefficients are found as .90 for the
total scores of the scale, .88 for social motivation subscale, .84 for
emotional motivation subscale, and .81 for physical health/exercise motivation
subscale. As the second section of the study, confirmatory factor analysis is
carried out to verify the factor structure of the 21-item cycling motivation
scale found in the results of explanatory factor analysis. This section of the
study consisted of a different group of participants aging from 18 to 56 (111
males and 367 females). In the results of analysis, the indexes of
goodness-of-fit are found to support a three-factor cycling motivation scale.
As the reliability coefficients, a 7-item social motivation subscale is .86, a
7-item emotional motivation subscale .81, a 7-item physical health/ exercise
motivation subscale is .85 and .89 for the total scale. To conclude, the study
presents the psychometric qualities of the cycling motivation sources scale as
a 21-item instrument including three subscales (social, emotional and exercise)
and provides evidence for the validity and reliability of the scale.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Sports Medicine |
Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | December 30, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 |