Development of scale to measure perceived physical education class climate: A cross​-​national project

Stuart K. Biddle (1) , François Cury (2) , Mario Goudas (3) , Philippe Sarrazin (4) , Jean-Pierre Famose (5) , Marc Durand (6)

1 Sport and Exercise Psychology Research Group
2 LPC - Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive
3 School of education
4 SENS - Sport et Environnement Social
5 MEPS - Mouvement, Équilibre, Performance, Santé
6 Chaire "Apprentissage et développement chez l'adulte"

Used social cognitive theory as a base to report the development of class climate scales in French and English for use in physical education classes. Ss were 311 Parisian students aged 13-16 yrs. Psychometric development with the French scale was shown to be satisfactory, including adequate factorial structure assessed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and good internal and test-retest reliability. A parallel English scale (translated version) demonstrated a less adequate fit to the proposed model when using CFA, but shortened scales that assessed just mastery and performance dimensions of climate were shown to predict important motivational measures in a structural equation modeling analysis.

Mots clés: Achievement goals; motivational climate; Ego; task; physical education; questionnaire

Domaines: Psychologie

Stuart K. Biddle, François Cury, Mario Goudas, Philippe Sarrazin, Jean-Pierre Famose, et al.. Development of scale to measure perceived physical education class climate: A cross​-​national project. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1995, 65 (3), pp.341-358. ⟨10.1111/j.2044-8279.1995.tb01154.x⟩. ⟨hal-00387222⟩