Katie E. Gunnell|Patricia E. Longmuir|Sarah J. Woodruff|Joel D. Barnes|Kevin Belanger|Mark S. Tremblay
Revising the motivation and confidence domain of the Canadian assessment of physical literacy
Carleton University|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|University of Windsor|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario|University of Ottawa
motivation confidence domain questionnaire canadian assessment physical literacy capl lengthy 36 single items aggregate five subscales thus burdensome participants practitioners purpose study use factor analysis refine motivation confidence domain used caplsecond edition capl2children primarily recruited freeofcharge summer day camps n 205 mage 950 years sd 114 507 girls completed capl2 protocol two survey versions motivation confidence questionnaire survey 1 contained motivation confidence questionnaire items original capl whereas survey 2 contained battery items informed selfdetermination theory assess motivation confidence first factor analyses performed individual questionnaires examine validity evidence ie internal structure score reliability ie coefficient h omega total second factor analyses performed different combinations questionnaires establish least burdensome yet wellfitted theoretically aligned modelthe assessment adequacy predilection based 16 single items originally conceptualized within capl good fit data therefore revised shorter version scales proposed based exploratory factor analysis selfdetermination theory items provided good fit data however identified introjected external regulation low score reliability overall model comprising three single items following subscales proposed use within capl2 adequacy predilection intrinsic motivation perceived competence satisfaction revised domain fit well within overall capl2 model specifying higherorder physical literacy factor mlr263 8145 p 006 cfi 0908 rmsea 0038 90 ci 000 0060the revised much shorter questionnaire 12 items aggregate four subscales within domain motivation confidence recommended use capl2 revised domain aligned definition motivation confidence within physical literacy clearer instructions completion