Adaptation and Validation of the Psychological Need Thwarting Scale in Spanish Physical Education Teachers
Drawing from self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985; Ryan & Deci, 2002), the aim of the study was to adapt and validate a Spanish version of the Psychological Need Thwarting Scale (PNTS; Bartholomew, Ntoumanis, Ryan, & Thørgersen-Ntoumani, 2011) in the educational domain. Psyc...
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| author | Cuevas, R. Sánchez-Oliva, D. Bartholomew, K. Ntoumanis, Nikos García-Calvo, T. |
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| description | Drawing from self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985; Ryan & Deci, 2002), the aim of the study was to adapt and validate a Spanish version of the Psychological Need Thwarting Scale (PNTS; Bartholomew, Ntoumanis, Ryan, & Thørgersen-Ntoumani, 2011) in the educational domain. Psychological need thwarting and burnout were assessed in 619 physical education teachers from several high schools in Spain. Overall, the adapted measure demonstrated good content, factorial (χ2/gl = 4.87, p < .01, CFI = .95, IFI = .96, TLI = .94, RMSEA = .08, SRMR = .05), and external validity, as well as internal consistency (α ≥ .81) and invariance across gender. Moreover, burnout was strongly predicted by teachers’ perceptions of competence (β = .53, p ≤ .01), autonomy (β = .34, p ≤ .01), and relatedness (β = .31, p ≤ .01) need thwarting. In conclusion, these results support the Spanish version of the PNTS as a valid and reliable instrument for assessing the understudied concept of psychological need thwarting in teachers. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-397712020-07-23T08:38:37Z Adaptation and Validation of the Psychological Need Thwarting Scale in Spanish Physical Education Teachers Cuevas, R. Sánchez-Oliva, D. Bartholomew, K. Ntoumanis, Nikos García-Calvo, T. Drawing from self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985; Ryan & Deci, 2002), the aim of the study was to adapt and validate a Spanish version of the Psychological Need Thwarting Scale (PNTS; Bartholomew, Ntoumanis, Ryan, & Thørgersen-Ntoumani, 2011) in the educational domain. Psychological need thwarting and burnout were assessed in 619 physical education teachers from several high schools in Spain. Overall, the adapted measure demonstrated good content, factorial (χ2/gl = 4.87, p < .01, CFI = .95, IFI = .96, TLI = .94, RMSEA = .08, SRMR = .05), and external validity, as well as internal consistency (α ≥ .81) and invariance across gender. Moreover, burnout was strongly predicted by teachers’ perceptions of competence (β = .53, p ≤ .01), autonomy (β = .34, p ≤ .01), and relatedness (β = .31, p ≤ .01) need thwarting. In conclusion, these results support the Spanish version of the PNTS as a valid and reliable instrument for assessing the understudied concept of psychological need thwarting in teachers. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39771 10.1017/sjp.2015.56 Cambridge University Press fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Cuevas, R. Sánchez-Oliva, D. Bartholomew, K. Ntoumanis, Nikos García-Calvo, T. Adaptation and Validation of the Psychological Need Thwarting Scale in Spanish Physical Education Teachers |
| title | Adaptation and Validation of the Psychological Need Thwarting Scale in Spanish Physical Education Teachers |
| title_full | Adaptation and Validation of the Psychological Need Thwarting Scale in Spanish Physical Education Teachers |
| title_fullStr | Adaptation and Validation of the Psychological Need Thwarting Scale in Spanish Physical Education Teachers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adaptation and Validation of the Psychological Need Thwarting Scale in Spanish Physical Education Teachers |
| title_short | Adaptation and Validation of the Psychological Need Thwarting Scale in Spanish Physical Education Teachers |
| title_sort | adaptation and validation of the psychological need thwarting scale in spanish physical education teachers |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39771 |