Identity scale for physical exercise: factor validity and internal consistency for Brazilian university students
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-4690.v35i1p35-42Keywords:
Identity, Physical Activity, PsychometryAbstract
The objective of the present study is to verify the psychometric properties of the Exercise Identity Scale (EIS), with respect to construct validity for the Brazilian context. A total of 480 university students from the Psychology and Physical Education courses in the states of Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais and Brasília participated in the study, with 290 men and 190 women with a mean age of 23.7 (SD = 6.7) years. All 9 items that make up the scale showed adequate factorial load, justifying their permanence in the scale ac-cording to previously established criteria. The validated EIS met validity assumptions, with adequate values of Cronbach’s and correlation among all items, confi rming a high internal consistency of the scale. It is concluded that the EIS showed a good psychometric performance when studied from a sample of Brazilian university students.
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