Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire (TEOSQ)

Abstract

The main aim of the study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Polish version of the task and ego orientation in sport questionnaire (TEOSQ). The study covered 651 athletes aged 19.2 years, SD (Standard deviation) = 2.21. The task and ego orientation in sport questionnaire (TEOSQ) and sport motivation scale (SMS-28) were used. Cronbach’s Alpha for the ego subscale was 0.84, and for the task subscale 0.81 (McDonald’s omega was 0.84, 0.82 respectively). The reliability of the test-retest with two weeks interval was ICC (Intraclass correlation coefficient) = 0.86 for ego and ICC = 0.86 for task. Initially, the two-factor model was not fully fitted (CFI (Comparative fit index) = 0.84), however the model with correlated errors for selected test items was well fitted to data (CFI = 0.95). Statistically significant, positive correlations between the task orientation and the intrinsic motivation components were obtained. Additionally, individual athletes had higher scores on the ego factor and lower scores on the task factor than the team athletes. These effects were moderated by the level of participation and occurred among high-performance athletes. Due to satisfactory reliability and validity indicators the Polish version of the task and ego orientation in sport questionnaire (TEOSQ) can be used both for scientific research and in the individual diagnostics of athletes.

The Measurement of Goal Orientation in Sport: Psychometric Properties of the Polish Version of the Perception of Success Questionnaire (POSQ)

“…The model presented by authors also obtained not ideal but acceptable fit indices (TLI = 0.90, root mean square = 0.09) [4]. The obtained values indicated that the POSQ questionnaire model was better suited to the data than the model (the first unadjusted model) of the Polish version of the TEOSQ questionnaire presented by the authors in the earlier publication [5]. However, this issue should be treated very carefully because it requires further analysis of the same data samples.…”

“…These aspects may indicate a moderating role of both tools (POSQ, TEOSQ) [17]. The relationships between the task orientation measured by the TEOSQ questionnaire and the intrinsic motivation components (SMS-28) presented in the publication which concerned the Polish version of the TEOSQ questionnaire were more than twice as high [5]. On the other hand, the relationship between the POSQ task orientation and intrinsic motivation was not always clear.…”

“…Cronbach alpha for the Polish version of TEOSQ was 0.84 for ego subscale and 0.81 for task subscale. Test-retest reliability with two weeks interval was ICC = 0.86 for both subscales [5].…”

“…In order to determine the correlations of both ego and task subscales from the POSQ questionnaire with other motivational components, the TEOSQ questionnaire by Duda [20,21] in the Polish adaptation by Tomczak et al [5] and Sport Motivation Scale (SMS-28) by Pelletier et al [22] in the Polish adaptation by Walczak and Tomczak [23] were used. The TEOSQ questionnaire was used to study the goal orientation as it also contains the ego (6 items) and task (7 items) subscales.…”

“…Ego-oriented people, on the other hand, evaluate success through the possibility of being better than someone else. They are oriented to compare their level of performance with other people and are characterized by the will to be the best [2][3][4][5]. In the light of theoretical assumptions, ego and task orientations are supposed to be orthogonal.…”