Development, validity, and reliability of a French expectancy-value questionnaire in physical education (FEVQ-PE).

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to develop a reliable and psychometrically sound French questionnaire related to the expectancy-value theory in physical education. Four stages were followed: (1) the development of a preliminary version based on the findings of a literature review on expectancy-value and a committee process validation; (2) a 1st study conducted on 354 secondary school students (M age ϭ 14.3, SD ϭ 1.9) to establish the factor structure (exploratory factor analyses) and internal reliability (Cronbach's alpha coefficients) of this questionnaire; (3) a 2nd study based on 282 secondary school students (M age ϭ 14.9, SD ϭ 1.9) to verify the factor structure and internal reliability of the questionnaire and to test its predictive validity (multiple-regression analysis); (4) a 3rd study with 329 students (M age ϭ 13.7, SD ϭ 1.6) to further test the factor structure (confirmatory factor analyses) and the temporal stability of the questionnaire. The results demonstrated strong support for the psychometric properties and factor structure of the questionnaire. The final form of the questionnaire consists of a 4-factor structure based on 17 items that evaluate expectancy-related beliefs (6 items) and subjective task values in physical education (4 items for attainment value, 3 items for utility value, and 4 items for intrinsic interest value). This questionnaire will be useful for the development of future studies based on expectancy-value model in secondary school physical education in French-language countries. Public Significance StatementIt has been demonstrated that motivation is a major factor explaining people engagement in physical activity. By investigating students' motivation in physical education, this study showed that they were more likely to engage in physical activity when they consider activities important, interesting and useful and when they feel competent in those activities.

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“…La première partie du questionnaire était composée de 33 items, adaptés du Motivated strategies for learning questionnaire (Pintrich et al, 1991) et du French expectancy-value questionnaire in physical education (Roure et Lentillon-Kaestner, 2018).…”