Validation of the Goal Content for Exercise Questionnaire (GCEQ) for a sample of elderly Portuguese people

Raul Antunes; Nuno Couto; Diogo Monteiro; João Moutão; Daniel Marinho; Luis Cid

doi:10.6063/motricidade.9541

Validation of the Goal Content for Exercise Questionnaire (GCEQ) for a sample of elderly Portuguese people

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Raul Antunes Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior (ESDRM-I.P. Santarém);
Nuno Couto Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior (ESDRM-I.P. Santarém);
Diogo Monteiro Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior (ESDRM-I.P. Santarém);
João Moutão Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior (ESDRM-I.P. Santarém); Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano (CIDESD).
Daniel Marinho Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI); Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano (CIDESD).
Luis Cid Escola Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior (ESDRM-I.P. Santarém); Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano (CIDESD).

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https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.9541

Abstract

According Sebire, Standage and Vansteenkiste (2008), goals contents (motives) are the major drivers of behavior, giving rise to the goal content theory, which is in the basis of Goal Content for Exercise Questionnaire (GCEQ: Sebire et al., 2008) development. So, the main goal of present study was to conduct the validation of GCEQ for a sample of Portuguese elderly (n = 311), with equal or higher ages than 60 years old (M = 68.53; DP = 6.69). The main results show us that CGEQ measurement model (5 factors, 20 items) only present adequate fit to data after the elimination of 3 items: S-Bχ²=219.9, df=109, p=.001, SRMR=.049, TLI=.916, CFI=.934, RMSEA=.057, RMSEA 90% CI=.046-.068, PCFI=.747). Besides that, the 5 factors show us acceptable values of composite reliability: between .76 and .88. Those findings allow us to conclude that GCEQ with 5 factors and 17 items can be used to measure goal content in a population of elderly Portuguese people in physical activity domain.

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2017-06-03

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Antunes, R., Couto, N., Monteiro, D., Moutão, J., Marinho, D., & Cid, L. (2017). Validation of the Goal Content for Exercise Questionnaire (GCEQ) for a sample of elderly Portuguese people. Motricidade, 13(1), 59–67. https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.9541

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