Psychometric Evaluation of the Exercise Identity Scale among Greek Adults and Cross-Cultural Validity

Autor/inn/en	Vlachopoulos, Symeon P.; Kaperoni, Maria; Moustaka, Frederiki C.; Anderson, Dean F.
Titel	Psychometric Evaluation of the Exercise Identity Scale among Greek Adults and Cross-Cultural Validity
Quelle	In: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 79 (2008) 3, S.283-299 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-1367
Schlagwörter	Test Reliability; Test Validity; Factor Structure; Measures (Individuals); Psychometrics; North Americans; Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Comparative Analysis; Gender Differences; Exercise; Physical Activity Level; Identification (Psychology); Cultural Differences; Cultural Relevance; Leisure Time; Adults; Greece; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Faktorenstruktur; Messdaten; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Geschlechterkonflikt; Übung; Kultureller Unterschied; Freizeit; Griechenland; USA
Abstract	The present study reported on translating the Exercise Identity Scale (EIS: Anderson & Cychosz, 1994) into Greek and examining its psychometric properties and cross-cultural validity based on U.S. individuals' EIS responses. Using four samples comprising 33, 103, and 647 Greek individuals, including exercisers and nonexercisers, and a similar sample comprising 800 U.S. individuals, the concurrent validity, factor structure, internal reliability, test-retest reliability, external validity, gender invariance, and cross-cultural validity of the EIS responses were examined using confirmatory factor analytical procedures. The results supported the concurrent validity, an adequate unidimensional factor structure for the translated EIS and the internal reliability and test-retest reliability over a 6-week interval. Further, cross-gender configural, partial metric, partial strong factorial, and partial strict factorial invariance and cross-cultural configural and partial metric invariance supported the cross-cultural equivalence of the EIS versions. Moreover, the external validity of the translated EIS responses was also supported. Overall, the findings supported the validity of the exercise identity construct outside North American boundaries and the EIS items' equivalence, providing initial evidence for its cross-cultural applicability. (Contains 4 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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