Validation of the motivation scale towards Health-Oriented physical activity (EMAPS) in Spanish Population

The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the motivation scale towards health-oriented physical activity (EMAPS) in the Spanish Population. A sample of 808 participants (Mage = 33.90; SD = 12.91; 366 men and 440 women), participated to ensure the structural, methodological, and external correlates of EMAPS scale validation. Results of the structural stage of analyses confirmed 6 dimensions of EMAPS (i.e., intrinsic motivation, integrated regulation, identified regulation, introjected regulation, external regulation and amotivation). In conclusion, results provided evidence for the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the EMAPS scores. Thus, this instrument may serve to provide a measure of the motivation towards health-oriented physical activity purposes in the Spanish population.

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The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the motivation scale towards health-oriented physical activity (EMAPS) in the Spanish population. The results confirmed 6 dimensions of EMAPS, including intrinsic motivation, integrated regulation, identified regulation, introjected regulation, external regulation, and amotivation. The findings provide evidence for the reliability and validity of the Spanish version of EMAPS, which can be used to measure motivation towards health-oriented physical activity in the Spanish population.