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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire (BREQ-3) for Motivation Towards Incidental Physical Activity.

Daniel Reyes-Molina, Rafael Zapata-Lamana, Claudio Bustos, Javier Mella-Norambuena, Isidora Zañartu, Yasna Chávez-Castillo, Jorge Gajardo-Aguayo, Anabel Castillo-Carreño, María-Francisca Cabezas, Víctor Castillo Riquelme and 3 more

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Daniel Reyes-MolinaDoctorado en Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-0068-2438
Rafael Zapata-LamanaEscuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Los Ángeles 4430000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-4729-1680
Claudio BustosDepartamento de Psicología, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-3478-9858
Javier Mella-NorambuenaDepartamento de Ciencias, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Concepción 4030000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-4288-142X
Isidora ZañartuDoctorado en Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-3139-508X
Yasna Chávez-CastilloDoctorado en Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-4722-7096
Jorge Gajardo-AguayoDoctorado en Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-5402-8541
Anabel Castillo-CarreñoDoctorado en Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-2762-5866
María-Francisca CabezasUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Health Sciences, Section of Health Psychology, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 G, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4690-7612
Víctor Castillo RiquelmeEscuela de Psicología, Universidad Santo Tomás, Los Ángeles 4430000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-9190-9353
Tomás Reyes-AmigoObservatorio de Ciencias de Ciencias de la Actividad Física (OCAF), Departamento de Ciencias de la Actividad Física, Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso 2340000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-6510-1230
Igor CigarroaEscuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez, Santiago 8330225, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-0418-8787
Gabriela NazarDepartamento de Psicología, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4030000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-6410-6838

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to adapt and analyze the psychometric properties of the Exercise Behavior Regulation Questionnaire (BREQ-3) for assessing motivation towards incidental physical activity. An instrumental study in a sample of 346 university students (21.1 ± 2.6 years, and 61.3% women) from various universities in Chile was undertaken. An adaptation of the BREQ-3 was applied, and a confirmatory factor analysis was performed using a robust weighted least squares estimator to assess the construct validity of the scale. Also, the convergent validity was evaluated using the average variance extracted, the discriminant validity using composite reliability, and the internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha (α) and McDonald's omega (ω) coefficients. The six-factor structure of intrinsic motivation (α = 0.96, ω = 0.96), integrated regulation (α = 0.95, ω = 0.95), identified regulation (α = 0.89, ω = 0.90), introjected regulation (α = 0.75, ω = 0.77), external regulation (α = 0.80, ω = 0.83), and amotivation (α = 0.75, ω = 0.79), with acceptable fit indices after eliminating items 8 and 11, was confirmed-χ

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BREQ-3factor analysisincidental physical activitypsychometric propertiesreliabilityself-determination theory

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PMID40001745
PMCPMC11852020

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