Propiedades psicométricas e invarianza de medida de la escala de satisfacción de las necesidades psicológicas básicas adaptada a la Educación Física (BPNES) en Argentina, España y Colombia

The main goal of this study was to examine the extent to which psychometric properties from the Basic Psychological Needs in Exercise Scale (BPNES) are invariant across samples of Argentine, Spanish and Colombian physical education students. The questionnaire was distributed to 1153 students (44.6% male) from ages 13 to 16 (M = 14.68; SD = 1.09). Confirmatory factor analyses carried out in independent samples revealed suitable psychometric properties in the three samples. Multi-sample confirmatory factor analyses showed that factor structure, factor loadings and intercepts can be considered invariant across the groups. However, residual variances were found to be different across some of the samples. Findings are discussed in terms of internal consistency and differences observed between the three samples. Findings support valid cross-cultural comparisons using BPNES