Cross-cultural invariance of the basic psychological needs in exercise scale and need satisfaction latent mean differences among Greek, Spanish, Portuguese and Turkish samples

Vlachopoulos S. P. , Asci F. H. , Cid L., Ersoz G., Gonzalez-Cutre D., Antonio Moreno-Murcia J., ...More

PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE, vol.14, no.5, pp.622-631, 2013 (Peer-Reviewed Journal) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.03.002
  • Journal Name: PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.622-631

Abstract

Objectives: The present study examined the extent to which scores from the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale are measurement invariant across Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, and Turkish samples of exercise participants.